Hi,
Thanks for continuing to read the series this week about the ImplementingScrum Forum and the entries I’d like to highlight for you. Hopefully also you take the time to register as a member - it is FREE and I do not sell or rent your name or email address to anyone!
Good day.
The topic today is “Done” and what that means on a Scrum Team.
For those of you practicing Scrum today, think about how important this is.
For those of you who are not yet practicing Scrum today, remember when you start that it is a very important topic to discuss with each of your Scrum Teams.
Today we continue examining some of the postings and related comments at www.implementingscrum.com and the forum.
This entry is going to ask you to look at the topic, “Developer Done, or all done?“. Go ahead and take a look at it.
Any new ideas or comments you’d like to add to this topic?
You may also want to check out the following blog postings and comments related to this:
Done. Really?
Who’s Your Product Owner?
Welcome to Oz.
Thanks for continuing to read this — or welcome new people reading and subscribing to this forum!
- mike vizdos
Have a great day and thank you for your time.
- mike vizdos
www.implementingscrum.com
www.michaelvizdos.com
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Hi,
It sounds like people are getting some good value for their time (always a great thing!) while reading the Scrum Community
I hope all is going well out there in your world today (or this evening, depending on where in the world you are!).
Today we continue examining some of the postings and related comments at www.implementingscrum.com and the Scrum Community.
This entry is going to ask you to look at the topic, “Scrum vs. PMBoK“. Go ahead and take a look at it.
Thoughts?
You may also want to check out the following blog postings and comments related to this topic:
Wanted: Certified ScrumMaster.
Why are ManHole Covers Round?
More Fun Than Watching Paint Dry. Or Grass Grow.
Learn anything new or change your current perspective?
Please share it with us on the forum!
Thanks for continuing to read this — or welcome new people reading and subscribing to this forum!
- mike vizdos
Have a great day and thank you for your time.
- mike vizdos
www.implementingscrum.com
www.michaelvizdos.com
PS –> Want to join the Forum? Click here!
Hi,
Thanks for the positive feedback I have received so far on the idea for this week. It is good to hear and see that people are interested and some are learning about the forum for the first time!
One of the most viewed threads on this forum is called, “Understanding Velocity“. It has some great information and questions / answers that help clear up (I think) the usage of story points for measuring velocity within a Sprint and for Product Backlog Planning purposes.
You may also want to check out the following blog postings and comments related to this topic:
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Over.
Scrum = Communication.
Ya Got to Know When to Fold ‘Em.
Burn Baby Burn.
Hope this is helpful and please feel free to add to this or other threads located at the forum.
Get involved!
Have a great day and thank you for your time.
- mike vizdos
www.implementingscrum.com
www.michaelvizdos.com
PS –> Want to join the Forum? Click here!
Hi,
This week we are not publishing a new comic strip; instead, we are going to focus on some of the “real world” questions over in the Scrum Commuity at implementingscrum.com (http://www.implementingscrum.com/community/).
In addition to referencing some of the questions that have come up in the forum, I will link to some of the cartoons that reference the material in the forum postings to help people make the connection between the real-world questions and our real-life comic strips (smile).
Please also take note that the forum is a place where the community can ask and answer questions in an un-moderated format — and “all” the answers do not just come from “me” (there are other active members that can contribute). Also… I want to introduce you to a place where you can feel free to ask any questions related to Scrum — and use a powerful search component on the forum to look for more specific answers to questions that you may have.
I hope you enjoy the format this week and that we all (including me) learn even more about Scrum in the real world. It’s fun actually practicing this stuff in real life… but it can be a challenge sometimes.
If you are new here… or need a “refresher” on the Chicken and Pig story… go here (http://www.implementingscrum.com/blog/2006/09/11/the-classic-story-of-the-pig-and-chicken/)
Thank you!
- mike vizdos
www.michaelvizdos.com
www.implementingscrum.com
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Welcome back to another week at www.implementingscrum.com.
So. Last week I wrote about the atrocities I am seeing out there today in trying to fill new spots with the role of a ScrumMaster.
Wow.
It is amazing what people are doing.
As the comic strip above depicts, it is not always an easy thing to do.
So what should you be looking for in a new ScrumMaster — or someone to come in and coach some of your new Certified ScrumMasters?
One word.
Sorry… make that two.
“Fail Fast.”
This is something I have found as a trait that successful ScrumMaster candidates I have worked with show as a great attribute.
“Huh Mike?” you may be asking yourself.
Let me put it to you this way.
If you are interviewing some Super-Duper-ScrumMaster who appears to walk-on-water and always-has-THE-answer, can I give you a solid word of advice?
RUN!
Fast.
Or throw the candidate some stupid, off-the-wall question like they used to do (maybe they still do) over at Uncle Bill’s house of pain?
I consider myself a good ScrumMaster and Certified Scrum Practitioner and Certified Scrum Trainer. I work with many clients around the world on those thorny “Scrum Issues” and, in reality, I do not give them the answers.
Instead, I try to work with them to see if they can come up with their own answers.
Now.
Many of my prospects (or sometimes clients) do not like that way of working with me. They want me to come in like “Captain Obvious” and save the day.
Over time, I have learned this is not the best way for me to be effective.
Or.
Some teams do not like to have to “figure out” their own issues.
Some teams do not like how it feels to, “Fail Fast.”
And.
This concerns me.
If someone comes in spewing some Scrum Religion BS silver bullet theory — be very cautious.
If someone comes in with some war wounds and is humbled to be in your presence…. it may be worth a further look and more conversation.
This is only my opinion.
But I have seen it start to work in the real world.
Gotta run!.Please send comments, questions, criticisms, ideas, or whatever here.
You can also enter The Scrum Community to discuss this entry and other Scrum topics. Thank you!
November 19, 2007
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