Software Process and Measurement Blog

Work Entry Definitions

How work comes to a team and the decision process deciding which work to start is the definition of work entry. Every team has a work entry process. Work entry... Read More

Re-read Saturday, Fixing Your Scrum, Week 9, Chapter 9: Thinking In Sprints

Chapter 9 in Fixing Your Scrum, Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems, by Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller, tackles the sprint. To paraphrase the Beach Boys Everybody’s gone sprintin’Sprinting’ Scrum-i-a... Read More

Re-read Saturday, Fixing Your Scrum, Week 8 – Chapter 8: Management

Chapter 8 in Fixing Your Scrum, Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems, by Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller tackles management. The gap between labor and management is an age-old problem.... Read More

Teams: Organizational Attributes

Teams don’t live in a vacuum. Every team is an intersection of boundaries of all sorts of organizations. Organizations facilitate teams to a greater or lesser extent. In the workplace,... Read More

Teams: Behavioral Attributes

The second category of attributes that are important for teams to be effective is behavioral attributes. These attributes describe how individuals and teams as a whole act. While the first... Read More

Re-read Saturday, Fixing Your Scrum, Week 7: Chapter 7: Embracing The Scrum Master Role

In SPaMCAST 642 Vasco Duarte made the startling statement that a Scrum Master will be your next CEO. Chapter 7 in Fixing Your Scrum, Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems,... Read More