Although I haven’t been working in information technology for very long, I have already noticed a trend – many people believe in and are innately attracted to silver bullets. Unfortunately, some in management believe Scrum is a silver bullet, so they bring it into an unsuspecting organization and expect that implementing it will solve many of […]
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Take the Flexible Path
I frequently face a dilemma whenever I drive somewhere. Because of how my brain is wired, that dilemma is solving this question… How can I get where I want to go in the shortest amount of time possible? There was a time in my life when I timed various routes to my workplace. I compiled […]
The Importance of Making Priorities Transparent
A couple weeks ago I did some work in Chicago with Robb Pieper, and we decided to try grabbing dinner at Au Cheval, a popular burger joint. I say try because Au Cheval can have wait times longer than three hours due to being declared as having the best burger in America. We were hungry and had other work to do, so […]
Quick CoP Topic: What Is One Thing…
As I recently mentioned, during the last year I was involved with starting and facilitating a community of practice (CoP) for Scrum Masters in an organization. When the CoP first started, we decided to hold meetups every week until we got sick of each other, and then we would taper back to having meetups once every […]
Community of Practice (CoP)
A community of practice (CoP) is a group of people who share thoughts and practical advice about a common skill or profession to learn how to do it better. This is a pattern that has been around for quite some time and is frequently applied in software development (especially when you have many cross-functional teams […]