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Professional Scrum Product Owner
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Professional Scrum Master
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Practical Scrum
What is this training about? Understanding Scrum is easy, but implementing and mastering it is extremely difficult. Getting certified training…
Effective Servant Leadership™ Training
Introduction Take a minute to ask yourself: Are you looking for a unique, thorough and in-depth Agile coaching course at…
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Tips from the trenches: How to startup three new Scrum teams simultaneously.
Introduction I was hired by a bank to help them to get started with agile and Scrum. The department had assembled business employees to become three teams. Most people who see the value of the Scrum Master role will agree that a seasoned Scrum Master can support up to three experienced teams when sprinting. But…
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What will your future collaborations look like?
John: “After covid-19, the world will never be the same…” Peter: “There is no “after covid-19”. Corona is here to stay” Now that we are starting to see some light at the end of the Covid tunnel, shouldn’t we ask ourselves how the corona crisis brings change to our software development efforts? Isn’t this a…
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Zero bug policy. A fast way for paying back technical debt.
At many customers I visit, I see a lot of effort being put into classification and managing bugs. Their bug-list may contain more than thousands of items, all neatly documented with screenshots, ways to reproduce and a severity and impact classification. Clearly, many hours have been invested to properly administer bugs. Creating a list of…
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What makes the difference between a GOOD Scrum Master and a GREAT Scrum Master?
Even though the global Scrum adoption is now at 75% (source: 14th State of Agile report 2020), the Scrum Master profession is still difficult to grasp for many. I have encountered and still encounter many organizations struggling with understanding the role of the Scrum Master. These misunderstandings result in sub-optimal mixed roles (developer/scrum master, tester/scrum…
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Handling your emotions under stress is crucial for effective servant leadership
In this story, I describe and debrief a difficult moment I experienced as a coach. In addition to this writeup being my personal reflection, it might serve as a source of learning for you. Introduction I was asked by at a client to help them with delivering customer-validated products faster and with more flexibility. To…
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What is Effective Servant Leadership™?
In a post some time ago, I elaborated on the qualities of the Emotional Scrum Master. People who reacted to this post asked me for tips and tricks on how to grow their EQ. While I was producing more articles on this subject, I came to realize that there is so much to write about,…