Author: Robert Pieper

Everything You Need To Know About Scrum Empirical Process
Empirical process control thrives in complex environments, encouraging practitioners to always expect the unexpected. In contrast, defined process control mandates that users follow a rigid, well-defined set of steps.

Sprint Review Meetings: 5 Things to Know
What happens every time you interact with a customer? You get feedback! In some way, shape, or form, any time you deliver a product or service, you get something back from your end-users. Sometimes, it comes in the form of indifference. Ideally, it’s in the form of dollars and cents. This is the point of…

Change Management: How To Ensure Successful Implementation of Scrum
When it comes to organizational change, whether that is new development techniques or company acquisitions, it is imperative that companies manage the change appropriately to ensure successful implementation. That said, as the Agile rebellion gains more and more traction across industries, it has become even more important for companies to integrate Scrum into their way…

7 Things Every Agile Executive Should Know
Becoming agile is about more than just Jira and Scrum. To be a successful company, the entire organization must play their part. But how? An agile executive would know. In this Lunch and Learn, Robb Pieper, CEO of Responsive Advisors will discuss areas affected by the agile delivery with some general solutions to common problems…

The Scrum Product Owner – And How I Accidentally Became One
A few years ago, I became a Product Owner. But not in the traditional ways most do. I had a need for a software solution to a data management and reporting problem. I wanted to analyze data about my training business and spreadsheets were becoming difficult to use and manage. Since I have a background…