Arrogance, and getting to Done…
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“Matt, that is the most arrogant thing I’ve ever heard,” said the Executive leader. And with that, the room turned red. My fists clenched. My heart rate spiked. I could feel the temperature in my gut rise. “I’m done with this crap,” I said to myself, silently. You see, I was just beginning to learn […]
So, the boss says you’re a Scrum Master now…
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Here is a common scenario playing out in enterprises around the world today: Executive: “We’re an agile organization now.” Project Manager: “Ok… but I’ve heard there are no Project Managers in Agile…” Executive: “That’s right! I went to Agile Leadership Training last week, and they said we don’t need Project Managers anymore!!” Project Manager: <silence> […]
Quality without QA – Keeping the bar high
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In 2016, I had the pleasure of coaching at a leading event tech company, EventMobi. Their event app is #1 in the world, having reached over 8 million attendees from 72 countries. Aside from being wonderful people, the Product Development group was probably one of the most lean & efficient operations I’ve ever been a part of. […]
Managing Agile — How an agile transformation can be the key to becoming a great manager
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Update: November 24, 2016 – I gave a talk based largely on this blog at the Toronto Agile Community Conference 2016 on November 14, 2016. You can find the slides and notes from that talk here! I recently had a conversation with an HR leader at a large software company who was interested in hearing how ‘going […]
Why You Need an Aspirational Definition of Done
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Note: This article was initially published by the Scrum Alliance, here. Every Scrum team worth its salt has a Definition of Done — it’s probably written down somewhere, and hopefully it’s displayed prominently in the team’s work space. Many teams look at the exercise of defining what “done” means as a one-time investment: Let’s figure […]
It’s Good To Not Be A Hero – Bringing Joy to QA with Agile
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My Agile journey has so far included stops along the way in Project Management, People Management and Quality Assurance. In this post, I’d like to write a bit about how agile (and in particular, Scrum) can help folks in QA, and what software testers can expect to happen over the course of a transition to an agile framework […]
Choose Your Own Work Flow
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Note: This was originally published on the Scrum Alliance website, here: https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2014/september/choose-your-own-workflow High-performing Scrum teams run like a hot knife through butter. They move so fast that job titles become a blur, and last week’s impediments seem like a distant, faded memory. I want to focus for a moment, though, on an impediment that many teams […]