Hi.
In case you did not hear, I am currently in India working with offshore teams here through the end of the month.
I have worked with many offshore teams (from Costa Rica to Kyiv and Moscow and other places around the world) and I have been trying to get on-site in India for years.
And.
It required I get on a plane to meet them all.
Face to face. In person.
So.
Here I am.
On the ground. In India.
Really!
I am seeing a lot of similarities between other offshore teams trying to implement Scrum and other agile techniques.
There are also some differences. Which may or may not be news to some people.
I am going to still wait to draw some conclusions.
However, if you have any questions about working with offshore teams in India — hey — now is the time to use *me* as your voice here.
Ask me. You know I’ll ask people on the ground here!
You can ask via comments below, on twitter or any way that is easiest for you!
I’ll report back what I find here.
And maybe even post some videos 
. Some that may not have anything to do with IT and Scrum .
Have an awesome day and let me know what questions you have for the Indian Offshore Teams! Commenting at the end of this post will help me collect all the questions in one place — and twitter also works.
Thank you.
- mike vizdos
Hi.
Sorry I went “dark” here for a week. Eeek… I am in India through the end of this month (and yeah.. I’ll blog about the experience so far WOW!).
Just wanted to let you know I am getting great comments about the latest Scrum Challenge #2 regarding “An Awesome Product Owner on a Scrum Team will…”
So.
Today.
Go and talk to your Product Owner or Scrum Team Members about this.
Start some conversations!
Please use twitter to complete this statement or contact me or comment here (or on the original blog entry). [heh... no excuse for you NOT to answer!]
Thank you!
- mike vizdos
Hi all.
Update for the week:
I’ll be posting a guest entry tomorrow night that is a pretty different point of view I originally took on a comic strip I did a while ago. It is from someone I have been coaching (and being coached right back at) for over a few years now. This guy knows his stuff.
Then, I’ll post a new comic. Really!
Then I’ll finish off the week with another Scrum Challenge question. It was extremely well received last week so I’ll try it again and see where it goes.
And hint hint for my readers near New Delhi — I’ll be there SOON. Like VERY soon. For a while. I *want* to meet you, so I’ll get more out to you soon about this and hopefully we can meet face-to-face. I am extremely excited about this opportunity and also for everyone else, I’ll write blog entries from the point of view of “The Traveling Scrum Dude.” Usually in all its glory (if you remember back to Kyiv, Costa Rica, Russia, and other places.
Now all I need is my Visa from the Embassy. Sounds like yesterday was a major holiday over in India, so the Embassy was closed. They are processing my application as I am writing this. So cross your fingers, eyes, and toes that it gets here (with my passport) by the end of the week!
Things are heating back up at www.implementingscrum.com and welcome both new and my “old” readers — you are dear and near to me in ways you can never imagine. Welcome back (for me).
Thank you!
- mike vizdos
www.michaelvizdos.com
www.implementingscrum.com
Hi,
I am gathering some great guest postings and am starting to queue up some new cartoons about Scrum (yeah!!!!). You’ll start seeing them in your email and/or on your RSS feeds soon (remember e-mail subscribers get some really cool freebies and other “inside information”).
I want to try something tonight, and I want you to pass this on to your friends (and enemies) and anyone who either knows what Scrum is — or is not.
I want you to finish this sentence:
“Scrum is…”
And… post them to comments on the blog or on twitter (I am mvizdos there and please retweet this challenge (you can do this right on top of this posting under the title!).
What am I going to do with it?
Well… I am giving the universe 24.235 hours to respond. After that, I will have to create a post that integrates all your ideas.
Think it can be done?
Let’s see where this goes!
Thank you.
- mike vizdos
Hi.
I’d like to welcome my new subscribers and the ones that have been with me for years.
Years.
Wow. This little blog with cartoons started back in 2006 and I continue to see strong readership. For that, I thank you. During this time, we have all grown both professionally and personally; hopefully for the better. Keep telling your friends and co-wokers and family about this little slice of fun on the Internet. Scrum or not — people learn here! And share.
So.
Here we are… getting well into 2010 and I am ready to get back to posting cartoons (have some in the pipeline already) and as usual, trying new things (inspect and adapt).
Last year I spent more that 200,000+ miles on the road (well, mostly air) internationally, meeting many of you (and many of you I still want to meet some day face-to-face). Realizing that many of us will not meet regularly, I am still committed to keep this a growing and thriving community.
So. Again (smile).
The postings will begin once again.
And.
What do you want to see here that will help you?
Please let me know.
The Contact Page at this site has quite a few ways to keep in touch with me. Use them. I am here.
Let’s see where we go in 2010!
Together….
Thank you.
- mike vizdos
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