Software Process and Measurement Blog

Re-Read Saturday, Fixing Your Scrum, Week 16, Final Thoughts

We have read or re-read Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems by Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley cover-to-cover, if you don’t count the index at the back... Read More

Re-Read Saturday, Fixing Your Scrum, Week 15, Chapter 15: The Sprint Retrospective

Chapter 15 is the final chapter in Fixing Your Scrum by Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley. Next week I will sum up my thoughts on the book and the lessons... Read More

Work Entry: An Introduction

How work enters an organization or team is almost always a touchy subject. For many, it is the root of the pressure on teams to do more than they are... Read More

Re-Read Saturday, Fixing Your Scrum, Week 14, Chapter 14: The Sprint Review

I have heard the sprint review called everything including a demo, demo day, show and tell and sprint review. If teams and organizations do the sprint review well, I don’t... Read More

Defining, Finding, and Solving Eight Common Work Entry Problems

The majority of work entry problems are caused by eight problems. The eight problems often occur in clusters and are a reflection of organizational culture.  The eight are: Differences in... Read More

Planning The Next Re-read Saturday Book!

Help choose the next book in the Re-read Saturday feature.  I have been chewing through a book a chapter or two at a time for several years.  All of these... Read More