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Self organisation a key ingredient for scrum
by Richie
One of the principles of the Scrum approach to agile development and project management is self-organisation. The benefit(s) that occur when a team self-organises include improved performance and creativity within the team.
It is important to remember that when a team is self-organising, it is still working towards the goals of the organisation, so the [...]
Top 7 Impediments when Implementing Scrum
By Laszlo Szalvay
As agile project management methods have displaced traditional approaches in the past decade, Scrum, one method of agile project management, has emerged as the most popular. As more and more companies begin to consider it as a means to improve every aspect of their development efforts as well as the lives of their [...]
Software Maintenance: The Scrum Way
Our team was working on a replacement for our current production system a few years ago. The development manager had a brilliant idea. We would have a stand up meeting every morning. There were multiple problems with that idea. We were so busy due to being behind schedule. The meetings lasted a long time. That [...]
Top 7 Responsibilities of a Scrum Product Owner
By Laszlo Szalvay
There are three fundamental roles in the Scrum method of agile software development: the Product Owner, the ScrumMaster, and the team. The Product Owner is the one person responsible for a project’s success. In other words, if a project flops, it’s the Product Owner who must face the music. What follows doesn’t include [...]
Agile is Ready for the Enterprise
Call this the start of the agile decade. The fast pace of change and relentless competitive pressures mean companies need to continuously enhance existing products and services. Market leaders in every industry are winning new business with faster time to market for new products.
IT needs to deliver now because it is so central to everything [...]
