by Ravi Verma | Jul 19, 2017 | Agile, Development Team, Empiricism, Evidence Based Management, Roles, Scaling, Scrum
True story – happened in one of my recent Professional Scrum Master workshops. I think had just mentioned that there is no “Sprint Commitment” in Scrum, only a “Sprint Forecast”. The eyes of one of my students lit up with glee. Uh-Oh, I...
by Ravi Verma | Jul 14, 2017 | Agile, Definition of Done, Empiricism, Evidence Based Management, Scrum
NINE MONTHS Like many old, boring people, my favorite radio channel in the car is National Public Radio. Since I live in Dallas, TX, my local channel is KERA. Of all the shows in KERA, my favorite is a show called Think With Krys Boyd. Almost each show I listen to...
by Ravi Verma | Jul 12, 2017 | Agile, Empiricism, Evidence Based Management, Product Owner, Scaling, Scrum, Value
The role of the Scrum Product Owner is probably the most misunderstood of the three Scrum Roles. As I look back at the different incarnations and interpretations I have seen of Product Ownership, I thought it was time to articulate the different stances I thought an...
by Ravi Verma | Apr 20, 2017 | Agile, Empiricism, Evidence Based Management, Scaling, Scrum, Uncategorized, Value
True Story… Many times, clients ask Agile Coaches like me to come in and share our “expertise” with them. But sometimes they really don’t want our “Expertise”. What they really want is someone with lots of TLA’s to come and...