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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…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: Definition of Done, Esitmation a user story, Estimation a user story, Fibonacci sequence, Ideal Time, No estimates, planning poker, Story point estimation, Story points, T-Shirts sizing, user story Esitmation, user story Estimation

Toxic practices within Scrum team

September 26, 2017 / Leave a Comment

Within Scrum and Agile teams, somethings are very toxic and will annihilate your Agile team if not addressed quickly.  These things have more effect on the Agile teams than non-Agile teams. In this article, I will try to provide bit more clarity on why these are so devastating to Scrum and Agile teams. Fear: Fear … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: Agile, Agile methodology, Agile teams, Bad Product owner, Compulsory Overtime, Ego, Fear, overinflated Ego, poor Scrum Master, Product owner, Product Owners role, Scrum Master, Scrum Team, toxic practices, Weak Scrum Master

How to motivate your Scrum Team

September 14, 2017 / Leave a Comment
Team celebrating success

As a Scrum Master, you don’t have the power to give your team pay rise and bonuses, but you are still responsible for motivating them to do their best. So, what tools does the Scrum Master have in his toolbox to deliver this? Money? Before we look at the tools in Scrum Master toolkit, I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: Agile, Agile methodology, certified Scrum Master, motivate a Scrum Team, motivation, Scrum, Scrum Team, Self Organising Team, self-development

Extreme Programming (XP)

September 10, 2017 / 1 Comment
extreme programming

Scrum is a light framework to manage a product development. It does not govern the technical aspect of the project. If you want to build a robust product, then you will have to look at software development best practices, and the best resource for that is The Extreme Programming (XP) camp. Whenever I am coaching … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: best practices, CI, Continuous Integration, Continuous Integration (CI), Extreme Programming, Extreme Programming (XP), Pair programming, Scrum, software development, software development best practices, TDD, Test Driven Development, Test Driven Development (TDD), XP

Introduction to Kanban Project Management

July 3, 2017 / 1 Comment
Kanban Board

Kanban is a system that was developed by Toyota to streamline and manage its manufacturing process. It was then updated in recent years and used in software development. However, with the spread of lean start-ups, Kanban is getting employed by all business departments including HR and marketing. The core concepts of Kanban are: Make the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: Agile, Agile methodology, Agile project management with Kanban, and Lean Kanban, continues improvement, Daily standups, Kanban, Kanban master, Limit the work in progress, Make Process Policies Explicit, Make the workflow visibleLimit the work in progress, Scrum, Scrumban, Self-managing teams, Servant leadership, The Scrumban [r]evolution: getting the most out of Agile

Succeeding with Agile: Software development using Scrum

May 21, 2017 / Leave a Comment
book cover: succeeding-with-agile-cover

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

Why limit the work in progress (WIP)

May 9, 2017 / Leave a Comment
Traffic Jam

At first glance, it seems productive to start loads of things and work on them at once, but the impact of this is very harmful. Limiting the work in progress (WIP), in the beginning, can feel painful so for this reason, in this article, I will discuss why we should limit work in progress (WIP).  … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: Agile, Agile methodology, continued self-development, Kanban, Ken Schrabber, Scrum framework, Scrum Master, Scrum Team, Self Organising Teams

Does the Role of Scrum Master ever go away?

May 2, 2017 / Leave a Comment

The role of a Scrum Master is to educate and coach the team into using Agile methodology and industry best practice. Scrum master will also train the team to work together to deliver on the team commitments and to be self-organizing. So, a successful scrum master will make the team into a fantastic self-organizing team … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: Agile, Agile methodology, certified Scrum Master, continued self-development, Role of Leader in Agile, Role of Scrum Master, Scrum, Scrum Team, Self Organising Team, self-development

Self Organsing team

April 27, 2017 / Leave a Comment
Self Organsing teams

What is Self Organising Teams? The definition of a self-organising team is a group people that organises themselves to complete the work they have been given. The team would choose what the best way it can achieve the goal that it has been set. The team as a whole would decide who does what and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: Role of Leader in Agile, Role of Leader in Scrum Teams, Role of Leader in Self-organising team, Self Organising Team, Self Organising Teams, What is Self Organising Teams

Certified Scrum Master -Whats next

April 18, 2017 / 1 Comment
Certified

  So, you have become a certified Scrum Master but what does this mean. To be honest with you, I would Not hire anyone who only has just the scrum master certification because that is only a two days course that provides a minimal understanding of Scrum framework. Also, if you try to lead a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Article Tagged: Agile methodology, certified Scrum Master, Scrum framework, scrum master certification
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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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