I really like overviews, but more than overviews I like to see progress and things getting done. I like done-ticks and the feeling really to build things: concepts, finding solutions, making a plan or coaching teams… Only to have an overview about “what I should do”, is frustrating me. I don’t want to see those [...]
If you start a new project with a customer you often need to organize the project environment by yourself. At least you have to make sure it fits your needs. Especially in Scrum projects you don’t want to waste time dealing with organizational stuff but start implementing nice features starting with the first sprint. Nevertheless [...]
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to talk to Diana Larsen, co-author of the book “Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great“, and to create this interview. Diana Larsen, who is besides her professional career as consultant and entrepreneur part of the Agile Alliance Board of Directors, is currently supporting many executives and teams [...]
Does this sound familiar? A project starts, a new team is set up and nothing will really work. Communication between team members is complicated, everyone has different ideas how to proceed and in addition the project goals do not seem to be clear. As a ScrumMaster, I have a lively interest in helping the team [...]
Vor kurzem fand die amerikanische Basketball-Liga in einem packenden Play-off-Finale der Dallas Mavericks gegen die Miami Heat ihr Ende. Hervorzuheben ist ein Spieler, der über Jahre bemerkenswerte Leistungen in der NBA erzielt und als “German Wunderkind” oder “Dunking Deutschman” bekannt ist. Dirk Nowitzki rückt in der Reihe berühmter Persönlichkeiten wie Franz Beckenbauer, Steffi Graf oder [...]
Last friday I found myself in a situation which triggered some interesting inspirations and thoughts, which I would like to share with you. When I leave home in the morning to go to work I need to get to the train station by bike, bus or car before I take the train to Hamburg. This [...]
My colleague Melanie König and myself held a presentation about planning and estimation in Leipzig. The presentation took place in the course of the User Group “Agile Methoden in der Softwareentwicklung” which was organized by the Softwareforen Leipzig. We talked about the planning tools and estimation techniques which we are currently using with our Scrum [...]
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