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Zombie scrum survival guide

March 16, 2023 / Leave a Comment

“Zombie Scrum Survival Guide” is a book by Christiaan Verwijs, Johannes Schartau, and Barry Overeem. The book focuses on identifying and addressing the challenges of “Zombie Scrum,” a situation where teams appear to be following the Scrum framework but lack the core values, principles, and benefits of true Agile implementation. Zombie Scrum teams often struggle … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book Review Tagged: Scrum, Scrum Master, Scrum Team

The 10 takeaways from the book: more Agile Testing

March 14, 2023 / Leave a Comment

Agile testing is a methodology that helps teams deliver software faster and with greater quality. In the book “More Agile Testing,” authors Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin provide insights into how agile testing can be further optimized. Here are ten key takeaways from the book: In conclusion, “More Agile Testing” provides valuable insights into how … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book Review Tagged: Agile, Agile methodology, Scrum, Self Organising Team

10 takeaways from Book: Extreme Teams

March 10, 2023 / Leave a Comment

Extreme Teams” is a book by Robert Bruce Shaw that explores the characteristics of high-performing teams. Here are ten takeaways from the book:

Posted in: Book Review Tagged: Agile, Scrum, Scrum Master, Scrum Team, self-development

Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time

April 23, 2018 / Leave a Comment
Book: Scrum the are of doing twice the work

Introduction Considering I had read so many books on Scrum, I wasn’t expected to learn that much more? But oh boy was I wrong. I have never enjoyed any book on Agile more than this one; the reason behind is it is full of real-life example and explains the rationale behind every aspect of Scrum. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book Review Tagged: BMW, Bug fixing, FBI, In-progress waste, Jeff Sunderland, multitasking, Scrum used in education, Toyota, Trump

Succeeding with Agile: Software development using Scrum

May 21, 2017 / Leave a Comment
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Mike Cohn has an exquisite style of writing that is very easy to read, and Mike can communicate some tough concepts in a very simple way. This book is one I do recommend to all the Scrum master to read. Mike has shared lots of excellent ideas and advice in this book. This book is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book Review Tagged: Agile, Agile methodology, continued self-development, Mike Cohn, Role of Leader in Self-organising team, Self Organising Teams, Software development using Scrum, Succeeding with Agile

How to win Friends and Influence people

March 11, 2017 / 1 Comment

How to win Friends and Influence people One of my all time favourite book is the “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie. I found this book in one of the HBR articles as a must-read for all business leaders, so I picked this up on my way to work, and I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book Review Tagged: Agile, Dale Carnegie, How to win Friends and Influence people, Jeff Sutherland, Ken Schrabber, Scrum, Scrum Master, Scrum Team

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Mohammad Aziz

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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