Scrum Product Owner vs. Product Manager: Is There a Difference?
Question: Chris just did a scrum workshop for us and it was GREAT–I learned a TON. I have a follow-up question about the scrum role of product owner, and how we should implement it in our organization. The way we are doing this, the Product Owner is also the Product Manager. Is this typical? This [...]
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When Should We Decide?
A scrum team has many decisions to make, all the time. Should we focus on usability or new features? Should we fix the bugs that are driving our current customers crazy or develop the new features that will help us land the next big customer? Should we use PHP or Ruby on Rails? There is [...]
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How can our Scrum Team can Improve Product Quality?
XZ, a participant in a public Certified ScrumMaster workshop that I gave in Beijing last week, asked me how his scrum team could improve their software product’s quality. I thought that the answer would be of general interest, so here it is. Hi Chris, Thank you for giving us the certified scrum master training last [...]
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The Art of Scrum Training
Back in June, we were lucky enough to have Elizabeth McClellan record the proceedings of one of our Certified ScrumMaster workshops. Elizabeth drew in real-time during the workshop providing the participants a unique way to remember the experience. Below are the drawings she created. Click on them to get a higher resolution version of each [...]
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Agile in California with QA in China?
After visiting a start-up that is adopting scrum, I received the following email from “B” and I’d like to share the answer here. As you will see, they are trying to be more agile, and wondering how to deal with their remote quality assurance team. Hi, Chris, Great agile session today and I learned a [...]
That Funny Scrum Video…
… is what I’ve called this ever since Chris Sterling sent it to me. The video includes fellow Certified Scrum Trainer Clinton Keith, and yes High Moon Studios is a real place.
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What is a Scrum Product Owner
As a scrum product owner, you are a visionary, representative, editor, and investment manager. As the team’s visionary, you are the person who knows more than anyone else what this product can, and will be. Just as Michelangelo could see the statue in the stone, you can see your end product in the needs of [...]
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If you can’t be on a self-organizing team…
… put Charles in charge! Full confession: When a friend sent me this, I needed Wikipedia to tell me what Charles in Charge was. Just for comparison, here is the original (Warning: I couldn’t watch it all the way through).
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Having Trouble With Your Blackberry?
Great sketch from the BBC…
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