Hi,
Last week I spent a lot of time on improving my own skills… so we’ll see how that plays out in the future!
I have been talking about connecting people looking for Scrum Jobs with REAL people who have Scrum Job Openings in their Organization.
Over the past few weeks I have been silently getting names of people who are looking for Scrum Jobs. I expect now that anyone who visits www.implementingscrum.com/scrum-jobs and is looking for a job WILL go out and do this. NOW.
Also… and here is the challenge… if you are in an organization who is looking for a person with Scrum Jobs skills, please go to www.implementingscrum.com/scrum-jobs and see if I can help you make a connection.
What is the fee for this?
FREE. Zero. Zilch. Nada.
Why am I doing this?
Mainly good Karma.
Pass it on! Twitter this link. Retwitter it if you see it. Put it up on FaceBook. E-mail it to your friends. Start to create some buzzzzzz for this. Please.
So… can you help me meet the challenge of actually making the ultimate hook-up of at least one person looking for a Scrum Job with a person in an organization who needs a qualified person here.
Transparency.
Trust.
Walking what I teach…
Let’s see how it works!
Good luck.
- mike vizdos
www.michaelvizdos.com
www.implementingscrum.com
Hi all,
[warning -- a little bit long -- over 802.13453223 words -- sorry]
This week has been instrumental in helping me get some great clarity of where I am taking the site in the future. Some people I know missed my original posting earlier this week — so if you did not read them go back a few posting to see what has lead to this posting tonight!
I am headed out this weekend (a camping trip with my two boys) and will return on Monday afternoon.
And.
I have no travel plans for next week.
So here is the Product Backlog for the site (prioritized, not estimated yet) — we’ll see what makes it to the Sprint Backlog for next week.
1) Cartoons – Publish one translated (of the original chicken and pig) along with a new one (this is actually on Sprints!). We have three more comic strips in the pipeline for release on the blog in the future.
2) Job Board – The infrastructure is setup. Now we need about 3-5 people to help bring it to fruition. I need to schedule a call or start an email thread with those who are interested in helping me on this project. If you are, please contact me and you’ll hear from me early next week.
3) Training Material – The infrastructure is setup. I need to publish the rollout plan for making this happen and start implementing it next week by people signing up for a new list. The goal will be to get people enough information on an on-going basis that they can then take it back to their locations and deliver it with ease. Options will include FREE, a subscription to talk to the trainers who are developing this (and recorded web-casts), and of course on-site paid consultation with me and other trainers to help you jump-start the tailoring process and we will work with you hand-in-hand to develop and even co-teach the class with you. The free information will be just as good as the other available options… I promise that! I’ll need you to keep me honest on that!
4) Remember that “Scrum on a Page” that I asked for comments on a few months ago. Wow. I had so much information to synthesize that I am now ready to meet with Tony and have him do a “Implementing Scrum” overhaul on it to match the site. This will become the cornerstone of the site and will be used in multiple ways. I am super-excited about this! And. It will not be perfect; however, just like the theme of our site, we need to have something to start those tough conversations. I think this will hit that mark!
5) Build a small affiliate program. As many of you know, I travel a LOT around the world. One of the ways this is possible is by making sure I can sell seats into the workshops (or create billable consulting hours). If you are interested in becoming an affiliate for selling seats into my classes — or even consulting engagements — this is the time for you to contact me and let me know your interest. The model rocks, and will be rolled out soon too.
6) I am in need of a developer to help me take an XML file and run it through some sort of converter so that I do not have to manually create the page www.michaelvizdos.com/enroll. I have access to the XML file and I’d like the output to look similar to what is out there today. This is something that just irks me because the data is available and without automation we have dual work to do (bad thing!).
7) I need to port the site www.michaelvizdos.com to a wordpress site. The infrastructure is setup. Just time is needed to actually do it. Fun stuff. But… I need to keep driving revenue from that site and keeping the implementingscrum.com site as free from advertisers as possible (I hope you enjoy that it REALLY does not have any advertising except for some things about me.
I need a few people who can commit to checking the forum a few days per week and making sure that spam does not get interjected. I have been really bad at checking this on a regular basis and know the forum is an important place for REAL people using Scrum to exchange information. Interested? Please let me know. I’d appreciate it.
So, this is the PRODUCT backlog of what I have going on just for the site. This is in addition to all the traveling I am currently doing and plan on doing in the future.
Have a great weekend!
If you have any input on the priority of things listed above, please comment about it here and I will listen to all my stakeholders (you) [smile].
Thank you, again, for everything you do.
- mike vizdos
Hi all.
Well, the pressure is on. With four major publishing houses on my BEhind about writing a book for them, I have got a few dozen ideas on format and content running around my head.
I do not want to publish just another Scrum book (zzzzzz).
Something useful.
That’s where you can come in. I hope.
Please provide comments or feedback here or send me an email.
It’s coming out of me.
Soon.
Format is TBD.
Gotta be easier to do than my first book (smile).
I am listening.
This one is for you, dear reader….
Thank you!
- mike vizdos
www.michaelvizdos.com
www.implementingscrum.com
p.s. And remember… If you or your friends [or enemies] have not signed up for FREE updates to this blog, please Subscribe to Implementing Scrum via Email!
Good day (or evening or morning)…
I hope things are going well with you today.
Thanks so much for the input from the blog entry yesterday.
So what does David Letterman and Tony Clark (our artist for the cartoons here at www.implementingscrum.com have in common?
Letterman takes a hiatus once in a while.
And.
At this week Tony is on hiatus too.
Maybe it is not the same timing as Mr. Letterman; however, same concept.
Except that Tony is probably working hard on his business.
So what does this have to do with Scrum?
Part of it is to remind you about full transparency.
And this transparency thing can be hard in your organization.
Take a look at an “old” cartoon about transparency and read the blog entry at www.implementingscrum.com/blog/2006/10/16/transparency-and-jessica-alba-a-scrum-connection/ and learn more about who Tony really digs (not me… well… OK… I dig Ms. Alba too (smile)).
No matter if your organization is two people (like our huge shop here at implementingscrum.com!) or 5000 people, with Scrum you need to turn on full transparency before you can see the full true value of Scrum.
Is what you are doing “good enough” today?
Think about it.
Really?
What happens if you turn “up” the transparency factor?
Today.
Try it?
Just like this little blog of mine… I want to make sure as we continue this journey learning about Scrum you know that the comic strips will continue soon.
Don’t worry… I’ve actually got some “inventory” in stock with translations that I should debut.
Maybe some of those will take center stage the rest of the week.
I guess we’ll all see tomorrow.
Until then….
Peace out.
Thank you!
- mike vizdos
www.michaelvizdos.com
www.implementingscrum.com
p.s. And remember… If you or your friends [or enemies] have not signed up for FREE updates to this blog, please Subscribe to Implementing Scrum via Email!
Hi.
[This is a message from the heart / full transparency "on" / and not specific to Scrum --- more of the "State of the Site at www.implementingscrum.com and, "Where do we take it in the future...."]
Last week I asked a specific question that I have received a ton of feedback as of today (thank you to everyone who responded).
For people who have been regular readers of this blog for a while, I hope you can tell that I am constantly “creating” this site using feedback from you — inspecting and adapting — eating my own dog food as it were. For new readers, please expect this trend to continue.
If you have not noticed… I have removed all google advertising from the site; per feedback from you I thought this would be best (even though it was a car payment [plus] a month in revenue!).
And, the site as it stands today (and in the future) the blog entries and comics will continue to be “free” (just your time, which I appreciate) in the future.
Please continue to tell your friends and teams around the universe about this site (thank you). If you have not done so already, now is a great time (smile).
As you may not realize, I own a company (Vizdos Enterprises, LLC) and work around the world helping clients Implement Scrum at all levels in hundreds — at this point probably over a thousand — of locations.
I am also a Certified Scrum Trainer (one of less than 50 in this great Universe) and spend a lot of time on the road doing the CSM Workshops (although it is not my main revenue stream).
I will be in more than 30 cities in the USA between now and the end of the year.
And I have some plans to head overseas too.
Lots of travel. And that is what is just currently booked.
I need to update both the Scrum Alliance site with these new dates, along with my public google calendar.
Be sure if you are in the USA I should be arriving to a city near you!
I DO have a family and one of my personal goals is to start to cut back on travel again.
My five and eight year old boys are growing up. And… for anyone who travels extensively… you know how this works. If you are interested in doing what I do, we can talk about the pros and cons anytime!
This is where I need you (sorry for the long intro… but this is like having a one way conversation!).
The results of the “voting” for more blog entries were positive. Both as they stand today and in more video/audio formats.
And, starting next week you will start to see different flavors of them being produced more often (maybe more than Dominc (my oldest son) and I doing youtube videos.
There will be other avenues and distribution channels over time.
Again… inspect and adapt.
The comic strips and blog entires about those comic strips will continue to be free.
This next part is not a sales pitch — it is to gain serious interest (although you may consider it a pitch).
I am starting a “Premium Content” area of the site.
Ah.
That means dinero/cash/euros/whatever out of your pocket (or your company or organization).
I am looking for a limited number of people who would be interested in becoming “Charter Members” of the Premium Content area of implementingscrum.com.
I will request each of the limited Charter Members pay a fee, and, in return this fee will continue to remain the same forever for you (if the price goes up, you will pay the same subscription amount as long as you are a member).
I am looking for an initial three month commitment from you (and me) to actually “test” some new features as they are developed.
So, in addition to becoming “Charter Members” you will help guide the content and delivery mechanisms for the future subscribers of the site — both “free” and “Premium”.
Are you interested in doing something like this with me?
The journey will be fun.
And — as a Charter Member — you will have a safe place as part of a new community to help yourself — and others — learn even more about Scrum and other Agile Practices.
I only want serious people who have a positive attitude and a true spirit of adventure.
Is that you?
If so, please let me know.
Who knows?
Heck, when I started this site I could not believe the impact that one person (actually two — Tony (the artist) and I) could have on an industry.
Change happens one person at a time.
And good Karma is always a good thing to possess, even if only for a millisecond of time in your life.
If you are interested, stop by www.implementingscrum.com/premium for a bit more information and sign-up to become a Charter Member for the Premium Content.
Risk free.
This is an incredibly limited opportunity and I will cut it off on or before June 30, 2008 for new Charter Members (if there is too great of a response, a waiting list will begin).
Part of this limitation is to take it in small steps and inspect and adapt along the way.
Thank you for reading all of this.
If you are not ready to sign-up as a Charter Member today, please pass this information on to others who may be interested.
I do sincerely appreciate it.
- mike vizdos
www.michaelvizdos.com
www.implementingscrum.com
PS: And remember… If you or your friends [or enemies] have not signed up for FREE updates to this blog, please Subscribe to Implementing Scrum via Email!
Hi.
[This is a message from the heart / full transparency "on" / and not specific to Scrum --- more of the "State of the Site at www.implementingscrum.com and, "Where do we take it in the future...."]
Last week I asked a specific question that I have received a ton of feedback as of today (thank you to everyone who responded).
For people who have been regular readers of this blog for a while, I hope you can tell that I am constantly “creating” this site using feedback from you — inspecting and adapting — eating my own dog food as it were. For new readers, please expect this trend to continue.
If you have not noticed… I have removed all google advertising from the site; per feedback from you I thought this would be best (even though it was a car payment [plus] a month in revenue!).
And, the site as it stands today (and in the future) the blog entries and comics will continue to be “free” (just your time, which I appreciate) in the future.
Please continue to tell your friends and teams around the universe about this site (thank you). If you have not done so already, now is a great time (smile).
As you may not realize, I own a company (Vizdos Enterprises, LLC) and work around the world helping clients Implement Scrum at all levels in hundreds — at this point probably over a thousand — of locations.
I am also a Certified Scrum Trainer (one of less than 50 in this great Universe) and spend a lot of time on the road doing the CSM Workshops (although it is not my main revenue stream).
I will be in more than 30 cities in the USA between now and the end of the year.
And I have some plans to head overseas too.
Lots of travel. And that is what is just currently booked.
I need to update both the Scrum Alliance site with these new dates, along with my public google calendar.
Be sure if you are in the USA I should be arriving to a city near you!
I DO have a family and one of my personal goals is to start to cut back on travel again.
My five and eight year old boys are growing up. And… for anyone who travels extensively… you know how this works. If you are interested in doing what I do, we can talk about the pros and cons anytime!
This is where I need you (sorry for the long intro… but this is like having a one way conversation!).
The results of the “voting” for more blog entries were positive. Both as they stand today and in more video/audio formats.
And, starting next week you will start to see different flavors of them being produced more often (maybe more than Dominc (my oldest son) and I doing youtube videos.
There will be other avenues and distribution channels over time.
Again… inspect and adapt.
The comic strips and blog entires about those comic strips will continue to be free.
This next part is not a sales pitch — it is to gain serious interest (although you may consider it a pitch).
I am starting a “Premium Content” area of the site.
Ah.
That means dinero/cash/euros/whatever out of your pocket (or your company or organization).
I am looking for a limited number of people who would be interested in becoming “Charter Members” of the Premium Content area of implementingscrum.com.
I will request each of the limited Charter Members pay a fee, and, in return this fee will continue to remain the same forever for you (if the price goes up, you will pay the same subscription amount as long as you are a member).
I am looking for an initial three month commitment from you (and me) to actually “test” some new features as they are developed.
So, in addition to becoming “Charter Members” you will help guide the content and delivery mechanisms for the future subscribers of the site — both “free” and “Premium”.
Are you interested in doing something like this with me?
The journey will be fun.
And — as a Charter Member — you will have a safe place as part of a new community to help yourself — and others — learn even more about Scrum and other Agile Practices.
I only want serious people who have a positive attitude and a true spirit of adventure.
Is that you?
If so, please let me know.
Who knows?
Heck, when I started this site I could not believe the impact that one person (actually two — Tony (the artist) and I) could have on an industry.
Change happens one person at a time.
And good Karma is always a good thing to possess, even if only for a millisecond of time in your life.
If you are interested, stop by www.implementingscrum.com/premium for a bit more information and sign-up to become a Charter Member for the Premium Content.
Risk free.
This is an incredibly limited opportunity and I will cut it off on or before June 30, 2008 for new Charter Members (if there is too great of a response, a waiting list will begin).
Part of this limitation is to take it in small steps and inspect and adapt along the way.
Thank you for reading all of this.
If you are not ready to sign-up as a Charter Member today, please pass this information on to others who may be interested.
I do sincerely appreciate it.
- mike vizdos
www.michaelvizdos.com
www.implementingscrum.com
PS: And remember… If you or your friends [or enemies] have not signed up for FREE updates to this blog, please Subscribe to Implementing Scrum via Email!
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