Before I start answering the question of PSM or CSM, I would like to state the reason “Why” Scrum.org even came into existence. Ken Schwaber, co-creator of Scrum and founder of Scrum.org in his letter explains that the foundation of Scrum.org was shaped by two opposing forces – the desire…
Scrum Master is an important role from the perspective of Scrum. It is one of the 11 essentials required to start doing Scrum. The role of the Scrum Master is not confined within the boundaries of one single team; Scrum Master has to serve the team, PO and the organisation.…
Coaching is eternal. No matter what you do, where you are, what language you speak or what ethnic culture you belong to, you might have experienced one or other form of coaching. Why Coaching? We want to achieve some specific goals in our life; publish a book, win a race,…
In most of the organizations that are adopting agile, Scrum is the framework of choice. There are multiple reasons for it, it is easy to understand, not very prescriptive, supports agile in small pockets which can be easily scaled as needed. However, as it is easy to understand; people learning…
I hope whoever has spent sometime as a Scrum Master would agree that no matter how thankless the job and role may be, it gives you an immense sense of satisfaction of bringing in a positive change. I also believe that whoever has lived this role would have seen that…
During my Scrum training sessions one of widely discussed and misunderstood topic is Sprint Goal. And there are couple of reasons behind it. A few of them could be Sprint Goal is not one of the 11 essentials. Even though it is not one of the 11 essentials, we the…
To understand what are the anti-patterns for a Product Owner, one must first understand who is a Product Owner. In a nutshell a Product Owner is a visionary, accountable for the product. According to a survey done by Forrester research, one of the main reasons for organisations failing to adopt…
Has anyone ever wondered, why has Agile become so prominent in last decade or so? What is the differentiating factor that is making people leave their traditional software approaches and take up the agile route? Does it really work or is just another gimmick created by some sales people and…
What is a team? Before we try to understand what is a high-performing collaborative self-organized team is or what are its assets, we first need to understand what do we mean by a team. There are many definitions that you would come across if you do a google search for…
Your organisation has decided to embark on a journey called “agility”. The end results that you want to achieve are quite clear – faster time to market, risk reduction, high quality product, improved productivity, happier and motivated employees – so on. The challenge however is, of the huge diaspora of…
