Agility
Are dependencies dictating your Product Backlog?
How effectively are you maximizing value when dependencies tell you what to do first? Dependencies impact the core of the role of Product Owner.
Agility Kanban
Why change management fails
Changing organization structures are becoming the norm. But change management processes are painful journeys, and rarely successful. So why is this so hard?
Scrum
How I became a Professional Scrum Trainer
Last year I reached a very important goal I had set for myself: I became a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) on behalf of Scrum.org. But why was this so important to me, and how did I get on this path?
Scrum
Update Scrum Guide: what else is new?
In my previous blog post I highlighted 5 common misconceptions about Scrum that are set straight in the latest release of the Scrum Guide. But what else is new? A quick overview for active Scrum practitioners.
Scrum
5 Scrum misconceptions set straight
In this blog post I will present the top 5 Scrum misconceptions that are set straight in this latest release of the Scrum Guide.
Scrum
Why Scrum doesn’t make you agile
I’ve seen many organizations and teams that do Scrum. I’ve seen very few that are truly agile. Scrum doesn’t make you Agile it seems…
Agility
Values matter… a lot
To be successful as a team or organization you need to have some sort of moral alignment for constructive behaviour and daily decision making. Values matter.
Scrum
How to apply Scrum in your business
We have been educated most of our lives by being instructed what to do, and then simply doing it. Scrum is a different cup of tea though.
Agility
Improve the IQ of your organization
Why do organizations find it so difficult to improve? They tend to fix the wrong problems. So how do you improve the IQ of your organization?
Agility
Are you a prisoner of your tools?
It would be desirable to be able to select, adjust and discard tools continuously based on your current needs. But this can be a painful process…