• Agile Myths: Agile Solves all my Problems

    Those who involve their customer in the requirements specification will develop a common understanding with the customer of “what” they need and more importantly “why” they need it. If you know what the actual benefit is for your customer, you can respond proactively and develop better solutions.

  • Meine drei wichtigsten Learnings aus Kniberg – wie du dein Kanban verbessern kannst

    Vielen ist er bekannt durch seine (wirklich sehenswerten) Videos zur Spotify Engineering Culture oder zu den Auswirkungen von Work in Progress Limits auf die tägliche Arbeit. Als Autor hatte ich ihn bisher ehrlich gestanden nicht auf dem Schirm. Hier wurde ich eines Besseren belehrt und möchte meine top three learnings from Kniberg mit euch teilen.

  • Prioritize and Say No Properly – A First-Hand Report

    For [user] the [requirement, benefit, opportunity] is [company/product/service] the [category] the [core benefit]. In contrast to [competition, alternative] is [differentiator]. Once this step was done, the team could use it to define their classes of service and SLA’s. (SLA= Service Level Agreement, i.e. a contractually guaranteed service, e.g. a product is shipped within 24 h).

  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM)? An honest comparison.

    The requirements to become a licensed trainer are also similar. However, a CSM training must always be conducted by a licensed trainer of the Scrum Alliance. A “CSM Training” is thus a certain seal of quality for the training. The risk with an apparent “PSM training” is that it is not necessarily an official training.

  • Certified Agile Coach Ausbildung

    . – Dawit Ghebrehiwet, Head of Product Engineering, Agile Coach bei PHIO scientific GmbH ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Eine meiner besten Entscheidungen Neue Blickwinkel, neue Herangehensweisen und ein offenes Mindset. In den Modulen habe ich gelernt, viele Sachen anders anzugehen und unsere Firma dadurch für die großen Veränderungen in unserer Branche vorbereitet.

  • A tricky slide about Story Points and Capacity in SAFe® – and how to get it right.

    Aligning is an option in SAFe, but not a requirement (“can be”). Also, the algorithm “Find a small story that would take a day to develop […]. Call it a ‘one.’” is “one approach” and not mandatory. All quotes are from the article on Iteration Planning. To get it right, refer to the Iteration Planning article on the SAFe® website.

  • What does management mean in the agile world? Malte’s thoughts.

    Engineering spent 1500 years on learning how to build a bridge and we are just 20-50 years in that process of building software in the organization. So we are bound to fail a lot of times. And we need to articulate what management means. Is it people in suits or a capability? In my opinion, it is more a capability to build a social structure.