No Scrum, No More

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

After listening to Olve Maudal at the Lean Meetup in Oslo yesterday, and after reading some of his tweets today (@olvemaudal) I realized that we never informed our readers that we are not doing Scrum anymore. I don't think we have for 9 months or more. We ...

The Burn-Down Graph

Monday, January 19th, 2009

The burn-down graph provides the team with visual feedback on the sprint progress. The process of setting up a realistic burn-down graph is imperative. In this post, I'll get into why and how. I have been eager to share more from our experiences with Scrum. Some might remember our Scrum-series from ...

The Sprint (part 2/2) – The Daily Scrum

Friday, August 15th, 2008

This is the second post about The Sprint in Scrum. Read the first one here. The Daily Scrum Meeting is the continuous inspection and adaptation mechanism of Scrum. The Team inspects its own efforts, and adapts to new information. To put the Daily Scrum into the larger picture, have a look ...

The Sprint (Part 1/2) – Introduction and Rules

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

We've arrived at the part of Scrum where real work gets done. The Sprint! The Sprint is where people get down to business and apply their funky stuff. They architect the software, code it, design it, test it. Repeat that. They wave their arms in joy and frustration. They turn ...