Around 14 years ago, my Coach – Peggy Reed changed my life by sending me to Scrum Training. I fell in love with Scrum and chose to become a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer with the support of Ken Schwaber. Since then, I have trained thousands of students...
Are you too busy doing real work to bother about this new fad called “Evidence Based Management”? Are you tired of beating yourself up because you just don’t have the time, money or energy to get on this bandwagon with the other cool kids? Well, fear...
When we introduce Scrum to some companies, sometimes the question arises – “Why are there so many meetings in Scrum? When do you do ‘real work’?” I’ve been answering this question verbally for so many years, I thought it was time to...
When we introduce Scrum to an organization, many people are skeptical of the monetary benefits and ROI of the Scrum Master position. The question I am often asked is – “How do you justify the salary of the Scrum Master?” I’ve been thinking...
I got an audio cassette from the other side. It was about how I had killed the ROI of my Agile Training. There were many reasons… 1. I did not clarify up front to my prospects how important their ROI is to me 2. After closing the deal, I did not educate my...
AGILE SUFFERING After more than a decade of helping organizations travel on the path of Agility, it feels more like traveling on the path of Agile Suffering. Agile Coaches like me often suffer as we complain that management doesn’t get it, teams don’t get...
