Digital tools considered harmful: Jira At the time of this writing, Jira is probably the most widely used digital tool in Scrum and LeSS adoptions. Unfortunately, using Jira commonly leads to some predictable dysfunctions. Some of these are: Scrum confusion and tool-owned processes Micro-management due to integration of Product and...

Digital tools considered harmful: Sprint Backlog It is unfortunately common to use a digital Sprint Backlog. I explicitly say ‘unfortunately’ because of the negative impact a digital Sprint Backlog tends to have on team dynamics and collaboration. Using a digital tool for a Product Backlog might also be common but...

Co-location still matters! It is 2019 christmas. Will you skip the traditional family visit in favor of remote communication technology?

(this article is for a series of posts of which some might be published in the upcoming book “97 Things every Scrum practitioner should know” in the O’Reilly series, which will be edited by Gunther Verheyen) Actively Doing Nothing (is actually hard work) What do Scrum Masters actually do, all...

(this article is the first in a series of posts. Some of these might be published in the upcoming book “97 Things every Scrum practitioner should know” in the O’Reilly series, which will be edited by Gunther Verheyen) The Scrum Master as a Technical Coach The best Scrum Masters that...