Daily Scrum – Three questions no more!

Daily Scrum is an important inspect and adapt event in the Sprint life-cycle. However, it has been taken for granted or converted into a status update meeting by many teams. The blame could be credited to multiple factors including the older version of Scrum guide itself where it stated that Read more…

Scrum Master Anti Patterns

The Scrum Master and probable anti patterns

In my previous post I introduced the role of Scrum Master. And it is pretty clear that being a Scrum Master is no easy job. This person has to keep changing styles and stances as and when needed. However, when someone with not enough knowledge or experience picks up this Read more…

Scrum Values

Scrum Values

Every one who has ever worked with Scrum knows that it is based on empirical process control theory i.e. empiricism. Empiricism, itself stands on three key pillars – Transparency, Inspection and Adaptation. But what would tell us that we are applying empiricism in our daily routine; what would guide us Read more…

Agile Manifesto

Manifesto for Agile Software Development

Has it ever occurred to you, why agile way of software development is gaining popularity? Why suddenly the traditional way of development is not good enough? I too thought about the same. I found the answers in the manifesto for agile software development. It is not just the flexibility, nimbleness or Read more…