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 all,
Yesterday I thought I’d try something different and opened a “Scrum Challenge” with an open ended statement, “Scrum is…”
Wow, did you respond. Many comments came in connected to the blog entry (you can see the originals up to the date of writing this entry; however, I know there will be more! Others came in over Twitter.
I do love the Internet and my followers (all of you!!!). I thank all who participated. I may make this a regular event with different “Random” Scrum Challenge questions!
When starting the *random* open ended statement with, “Scrum is…”, here is a list of the responses:
- Pure Randomness (Twitter)
- Humane (Twitter)
- A project framework designed for efficient human communication
- A magic potion that heals leprosy and cures blindness
- what gets IT Done
- A framework with constraints on behavior that cause a complex adaptive system to self-organize into an intelligent state
- Not a way to solve your problems. It is a way to find what the problems are.
- Moving forward while running in circle
- Just another way of spelling “common sense”
- Not a silver bullet, but I will never run another project without it.
- The only way software should be developed!
- An ugly word (and deliberately so).
This is an awesome list from my readers about what their perception of Scrum is (and is not). I got this by asking a very open ended two word statement… “Scrum is….”
What has this list of peoples perception caused you to think about what Scrum is (and is not)? Do you agree or disagree with them all?
Now… How can you apply this on your Scrum Teams?
Think about the possibilities in your organization if you change around questions to an open ended statement, and then be quiet [shut up] and wait for the responses.
This is an effective technique I use when training new ScrumMasters and coaching existing teams.
My next question… Do you want to see something like this in the future?
I’ll ask a seemingly *random* question related to Scrum and then allow for about 24 hours to tally up the results — then give you (my reader!) a synopsis of the results AND how you can use what you have learned in this posting in your real world today.
This will not be the only posting type (you’ll still get cartoons, interviews, and guest postings too!).
Can this type of entry help you start some of the tough conversations about software development?
Please leave your thoughts, ideas, and recommendations in the comments section below this blog entry.
I appreciate it and am glad to be “back” doing this again…
Thank you!
- mike vizdos
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
Hi,
I sincerely apologize for not posting a lot of new information each week (like I used to do — with new comic strips and very useful write-ups).
Here are the top five impediments for me, and as I break through them the consistency of this site will pick up once again…..
1) Family. My father passed away in April. While I know it has been a long time, it is still an issue with me and I am working through it. I’ve also got some other pressing family matters that are being taken care of as I write this. You’ll learn more about that stuff in some upcoming posts.
2) FaceBook. I have found that using facebook is a very powerful medium to “meet” old and new friends for connections. I can be found there at http://www.facebook.com/ImplementingScrum.
3) Twitter. Wow. Talk about instant feedback. This is the place I can get it — and share with others immediately. If you are not connected to me there please take the time and do it here: http://twitter.com/mvizdos.
4) I have been traveling the world and one of the new things I am working on is another book. I should be under contract soon, so that takes some priorities away from available time for me.
5) Clients. And I want to say a sincere THANK YOU SO MUCH for connecting with me as either a potential client, current client, or new client. And. Thank you for paying me. I have seen such tremendous change in the world (and I have been around the world a LOT lately!) and really do see that — when applied correctly — Scrum can truly transform the way we work.
So.
That’s my list and I am sticking to it. As I slowly remove barriers in order to get out new comics — or use some of the almost 100 on the site with new write-ups and lessons learned — they will start coming again.
Thank you for being either an email subscriber or RSS reader.
Keep the comments coming.
Remember.
This site is for you — the Scrum Community!
Thank you.
- mike vizdos
www.michaelvizdos.com
www.implementingscrum.com
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