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Planning in Scrum

July 6, 2019 / Leave a Comment

Planning in Scrum Many people wrongly assume that Scrum does not have any planning. I will say to them that they are entirely wrong and that we don’t do much upfront planning, but we continuously plan. Planning in Scrum is split into various levels that I will discuss in this article. However, what Scrum does … [Read more…]

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What is ScrumBan

March 7, 2019 / Leave a Comment

To understand what ScrumBan is, we first need to revisits what Scrum and Kanban are. Scrum: Scrum is based on six principles: 1: Empirical Process Control: (transparency, inspection, and adaptation). Every Scrum ceremony has its core based on these 3 Empirical Processes. In the sprint review we inspect the product that we are developing; in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: Empirical Process Control, how to do scrumban, Kanban, Kanban principles, Scrum, Scrum principles, Scrumban, what is scrumban

What is Agile mindset?

July 5, 2018 / Leave a Comment
mind in hand

Term Agile mindset has become a ubiquitous phrase in our daily life but what does it mean? Is there a checklist where we can try to measure ourselves to see how agile our mind and belief are? If you google the term Agile mindset, you will get hundreds of results with all different answers, and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: Agile mindset, Continuous learning, Continuous learning and growing, Inspect and Adapt, Respect, What is Agile mindset?

Multitasking – time wasting is a crime

March 26, 2018 / Leave a Comment
woman multitasking

Every day we go into the office early and leave a bit later trying to finish things. We are juggling stuff continuously, and it is a full-on firefight but when we Finish for the day and reflect on what we have achieved, Actually, the answer is nothing. Completely noting – square root of zero. We … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: context switching, Impact of multitasking, In-progress waste, multitasking, Themed days, time waste, time wasting, University of California, waste

what is a Scrum Master

March 3, 2018 / Leave a Comment
Scrum master with lots of drawing of graphs in the background

A question asked daily on Google, and every time I tell someone new on job title, what is a Scrum master? Those of you who haven’t heard of Scrum framework and you just met someone with the job title Scrum master. You will be left wondering what does this person do? The scrum master is … [Read more…]

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Scrum Master Interview Questions

February 28, 2018 / Leave a Comment

When you are recruiting for a Scrum Master role, you want to ask interview questions that are more profound than just there knowledge of Scrum. You want to make sure that the Scrum Master you are recruiting embodies the Agile values. Here is a list of interview questions that I have used before and the … [Read more…]

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Agile Retrospectives

December 16, 2017 / Leave a Comment

Do we need a Retrospective after each sprint? Retrospective at the end of each sprint is a formal ceremony in Scrum and is the two out of the three pillar of the EMPIRICAL PROCESS. (Scrum framework is based on Empirical Process). As most teams that are doing Scrum use two weeks sprints and they sometimes … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: agile Retrospective, Retrospective, scrum Retrospective

What is #noestimates

December 4, 2017 / 1 Comment

Introduction to #noestimates We all have been in situations where we have given estimates, and they were wrong, and management held us accountable. And on the news, we hear every day that how big projects are overrun or cost many times more than originally estimated. What is the point of doing estimates as they are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: #noestimates, estimates, estimation, Neil Killick, Woody Zuill

Why you should NOT rotate the role of Scrum Master

November 23, 2017 / Leave a Comment

I have come across many organisations that have implemented Scrum but have started to rotate the role of Scrum Master within the team. They are giving everyone within the team the opportunity to experience being the Scrum Master but at the same time not understanding what the actual role of Scrum Master is and the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: Agile, Agile methodology, Role of Leader in Agile, Role of Leader in Self-organising team, rotate the role of Scrum Master, Scrum Master, Servant leadership

How to estimate a user story

October 28, 2017 / 2 Comments
planning

In the Agile and Scrum projects, Scrum Teams use quite a few different methods for estimating any piece of work. In this article, I will be discussing few of the most popular methods. Ideal Time: The Ideal Time is probably still the most commonly used technique for estimating any piece of work. It is simple, … [Read more…]

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Mohammad Aziz is an experienced Scrum Master and Agile coach who started his career as a programmer then moved into traditional software project management. Mohammad has spent last 8 years working within the Agile project management. He is certified, Scrum Master, Product Owner, AgilePM, Prince 2, SAFe practitioner and in Nexus.

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