Category: Scrum 101

Thank You from Responsive Advisors
To our clients, former students, and those that we have impacted in even the smallest ways, thank you kindly for your support in 2017. We are truly humbled and grateful. We hope the value we added to your lives this year encourages your continued support in the New Year. Responsive Advisors hit a number of…

Don’t Waste Your Time with Impossible Resolutions
Don’t Waste Your Time with Impossible Resolutions: Set Realistic Life Goals with Scrum Instead I stopped making New Year’s resolutions a long time ago, and for good reason. According to Business Insider, 80% of New Year’s resolutions fail by February. The $11 billion self-help industry suggests humans possess a strong innate desire to become better…

Your definition of “Agile” is incomplete
In the agile community I often hear “agile is a mindset” or “agile is a way of delivering software in iterations,” and I think a bigger point is missing. In general, I think the definition of agile for most people is incomplete. Before I elaborate, let me share a bit about organizations that are not…

Agile Transformation Challenges: Common Challenges and Solutions at the People Side of Software Meetup
Agile Transformation Challenges: Common problems Agile Transformation Challenges are every where. However each unique company seeking to transform into an agile business seems like a snowflake from the inside, but from the outside, it’s all snow. Surprising to some, there are common challenges every organization faces and patterns that have evolved. Some common challenges discussed…

One Great Change in the 2017 Scrum Guide Update
I published a post about the three questions in your Daily Scrum that aren’t working back in September of this year. Two months later, I am excited to announce that the Scrum Guide has been updated, clarifying that the three questions method is not the only way to conduct the Daily Scrum! The updated 2017…