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Scrum Masters are not Administrators
2017-08-06 in 2017
Readers know I am an early adopter of agile and Scrum approaches. I experienced how much more effective and fun it is to work in an agile team developing digital products. Lately I was asked if I was interested in working as a Scrum master [1, 2, …
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What does a Scrum Master?
2017-07-03 in 2017
What does a Scrum master the whole day? Are you just a fancy administrator, or are you actively removing impediments? Do you coach your teams toward mastery? Too often, Scrum masters become Scrum administrators. They schedule meetings, moderate …
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So Called Agile and Scrum Failures
2017-06-08 in 2017
Agile will never guarantee product success. All projects, especially application development, entail risk. If a product was risk-free, it is unlikely to provide significant benefits or competitive advantages. There are a number of ways in which …
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Git Local Repositories for the Impatient
2017-05-17 in 2017
You shall put your source code and text documentation under a version management system. The actual industrial standard for version control systems is git, a distributed version control system - DVCS -. It tracks changes in any set of computer …
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What is Our Specialty as Agile Coaches at tangly?
2017-05-01 in 2017
You have more agile coaches on the market than sand-corns on a regular beach. They all promise the holly grail of agile product development, highly productive teams, and perfect applications for internal and external customers. Why should any sane …
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Agile Trends Switzerland 2017: We Won
2017-04-15 in 2017
It is time to throw a big party in Switzerland. More than 60% of all projects are now realized using an agile approach (to see Agile Trends in Switzerland 2017] by SwissQ [1]. Scrum being the most popular one, Kanban as the second one. What a change …
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Fun at Workplace
2017-04-05 in 2017
It is Spring in Switzerland. We often have time for small talk because it is cold or rainy outside. Quite a few of the discussions are about job opportunities and how interesting and motivating the current activities are. I selected two articles to …
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List of Agile and Lean Books for Software Engineers or Students
2017-03-05 in 2017
I am regularly asked by practitioners and technical universities, which books I shall recommend learning more about agile developers, agile projects, and agile companies. Reading is a great way to learn and to get new ideas. Below, a selection of …
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Agile Trends Switzerland 2016
2017-02-09 in 2017
What are the main hurdles to introducing agile approaches in Swiss companies? The last five years learn us that: Introducing agile company-wide is a cultural change process. Such a change takes time and sometimes hurts. Without the commitment of …
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Seven Pitfalls with Agile or Scrum Methods
2017-01-07 in 2017
The post describes a presentation I gave at a company internal technical day. It reflects situations we have seen in a lot of agile projects over the last years. I assume that the Scrum approach is well introduced in your company. You are already …