Multiple increment delivery within a Sprint

Question: I recently had the following exchange that may be fill in some gaps in understanding how to use Scrum. “You have been quoted in PSM classes as saying: “A Scrum project is only one Sprint long. A release of software may be the sum of multiple increments (and previously developed software, if any), or there … Continue reading →

What Comes After Scrum?

Scrum is not the be-all and end-all process for software and product development. As many of you have noticed, it is barely a process, only a framework. You have to provide all the development, management, product management, and people practices. So, what does Scrum provide? It provides a labeled- environment within which complex development can … Continue reading →

Waterfall, Lean/Kanban, and Scrum

There are four identified problem spaces: Simple, Complicated, Complex, and Chaotic. The identification of the problem space arises from the characteristics of the problem domain. In software development, these are the technology, the requirements, and the people doing the work. If these characteristics, or dimensions, of the problem space are simple and well-known, the problem … Continue reading →

Decay And Determination

I return to Boston today from New Orleans, a city that simultaneously displays decay and determination. I got to watch the decay of Scrum at Tech Ed. I saw the emergence of methodologists and the culture of command and control management. Of course, all this was tempered and covered by advanced phrases like Lean, Kanban, … Continue reading →

At TechEd Presenting On Professional Scrum Developer .NET

I’m at Microsoft TechEd in New Orleans. I came to present about the .NET version of Scrum.org’s Professional Scrum Developer program at a breakout session. I’ll be co-presenting with Richard Hundhausen of Accentient, the program’s .NET partner. I also came to meet with the Microsoft Visual Studio and ALM marketing and product groups. They are … Continue reading →