by Ravi Verma | Jul 15, 2020 | Agile, Empiricism, Entrepreneurship, Evidence Based Management, Product Owner, Scaling, Scrum, Uncategorized, Value, Value
THE PRODUCT OWNER (PO) (This definition is based on the November 2017 version of the Scrum Guide, available at – https://scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html) The Product Owner is a tech-savvy entrepreneur who maximizes the value stakeholders get from the product....
by Ravi Verma | Jan 9, 2020 | Agile, Change Management, Conflict Resolution, Empiricism, Employee Engagement, Scrum, Team Building
One of the biggest challenges I have observed in professional adoption of Scrum is that team members (especially me) resist the need to address concerns with other team members 1×1, in a courageous and compassionate way. As human beings, we tend to avoid conflict...
by Ravi Verma | Oct 18, 2019 | Agile, Development Team, Empiricism, Evidence Based Management, Roles, Scaling, Scrum, Value
As a recovering manager I want to stop solving problems for teams So that I can enable self-organization… One of the biggest reasons I failed my first attempt at the Scrum.org PSM-1 assessment was that I had a habit of solving problems I had no business solving....
by Ravi Verma | Oct 17, 2019 | Agile, Definition of Done, Development Team, Empiricism, Evidence Based Management, Product Owner, Roles, Scaling, Scrum, Uncategorized, Value, Value
Over the past 10 years, I have had the privilege to guide Scrum adoption for organizations from 10 people to 10,000 people and have made some glorious, cringe-worthy mistakes that often wake me up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. As I look back at my...
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...
