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Mova seu Scrum para o Meio de Campo (Seis Traços Essenciais do Jogo)

In my paper “Moving Your Scrum Downfield” I have described the six essential traits of the game of Scrum. They are the traits that underly the rules of the game and make Scrum work.

Vinicius Dos Santos has kindly translated my paper to Portuguese, as “Mova seu Scrum para o Meio de Campo (Seis Traços Essenciais do Jogo)”.

This feels like a great addition to the translation of my book “Scrum – A…

Surprise. I am no Scrum wizard.

I don’t create them for that reason, but I am humbled when people say my works (books, articles, papers) were useful in passing certification assessments or in becoming a trainer. I am truly humbled because I know that those individuals did the actual work. They might have gotten some insights and language from my works, but that’s about it. It is more likely that they struggled, fell, got back…

In a Zoom webinar I have read “3/97 Things Every Scrum Practitioner Should Know”. I am grateful that the authors David Starr, Rich Hundhausen and Len Lagestee joined the session to answer questions about their Things.

My new book “97 Things Every Scrum Practitioner Should Know” is now available.

In a Zoom Webinar I have read following three Things from the book:

article 43. David Starr – Automating Agility

article 26. Rich Hundhausen – Is Your Team Working as a Team?

article 32. Len Lagestee – Becoming a Radiating Team

I am grateful that the respective authors joined the session to answer questions about their…

Francisco López, aka Paco Cacheda, has kindly translated my paper "Moving Your Scrum Downfield" (describing the six essential traits of the game) to Spanish, as "Mueve tu Scrum al Centro del Campo (Seis Rasgos Esenciales del Juego)". Paco said it helps him to better understand my words. Maybe it does that for other Spanish speaking people too.

In my paper “Moving Your Scrum Downfield” I have described the six essential traits of the game of Scrum. They are the traits to make Scrum work, and underly the rules of the game.

Francisco López, aka Paco Cacheda, has kindly translated my paper to Spanish, as “Mueve tu Scrum al Centro del Campo(Seis Rasgos Esenciales del Juego)”. Paco said it helps him to better understand my words. Maybe it…

In a Zoom Webinar I have read a few Things from the book "97 Things Every Scrum Practitioner Should Know”. The recording is now available.

My new book “97 Things Every Scrum Practitioner Should Know” is now available.

In a Zoom Webinar I have read following Things from the book:

article 4. Ken Schwaber – Scrum is simple. Just use it as is.

article 28. James O. Coplien – Specialization is for insects

article 30. Bas Vodde – Digital tools considered harmful: Jira

article 33. James W. Grenning – Agile is more than sprinting

article 58.…

My PSM class of May 2020 will be online.

A virtual and integral learning experience.

In April 2020, I facilitated my first PSM course (‘Professional Scrum Master’) in an online mode. Ever. Looking at the feedback received, I needlessly worried over the ability to have some great conversations and interactions:

I was pleasantly surprised with the online setup. It did really work and definitely with the size of our group. It was a job…

I am excited to share that my new book "97 Things Every Scrum Practitioner Should Know" is now available for (pre-)ordering.

I am excited to share that my new book “97 Things Every Scrum Practitioner Should Know” is now available for (pre-)ordering.

Depending on the region (and regional measures for the Covid-19 pandemic), the digital and the printed version are either available or will become available soon. Following are a few channels you might want to check out: Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, Amazon UK, Amazon…

Apparently, it is easy to get stuck at interpreting the rules of Scrum. In the publication "Moving Your Scrum Downfield" I have described the six essential traits of the game to help you get unstuck and up your game.

Apparently, it is easy to get stuck at interpreting the rules of Scrum. In the publication “Moving Your Scrum Downfield” I have described the six essential traits of the game to help you get unstuck and up your game. As they express rather intrinsic and implicit principles, they are too often disregarded. Yet, they are needed for a more unconsidered performance of Scrum, which allows minding the

Episode 5 of my Daily Scrum Pocketcasts is now available. It is the final episode in which I have read "The Future State of Scrum" from my book "Scrum - A Pocket Guide".

Ever since the accidental creation of my book “Scrum – A Pocket Guide” in 2013, and its deliberate evolution in 2019, I’ve been receiving inquiries about an audiobook version. So far, I have not been able to make that happen but the 2020 pandemic storm got me into implementing the audio idea in a different form.

In subsequent daily broadcasts I have read all chapters from my pocket guide to…

Episode 4 of my Daily Scrum Pocketcasts is now available. I have read "The Scrum Values" and "Tactics for a purpose" from my book "Scrum - A Pocket Guide".

Ever since the accidental creation of my book “Scrum – A Pocket Guide” in 2013, and its deliberate evolution in 2019, I’ve been receiving inquiries about an audiobook version. So far, I have not been able to make that happen but the current pandemic storm got me into implementing the audio idea in a different form.

On Friday 27 March 2020 I delivered the fourth “Daily Scrum Pocketcast” in which I…

Gunther Verheyen reads his book "Scrum - A Pocket Guide" front to back in a series of "Daily Scrum Pocketcasts" on Zoom. Episode 3 is now available.

Ever since the accidental creation of my book “Scrum – A Pocket Guide” in 2013, and its deliberate evolution in 2019, I’ve been receiving inquiries about an audiobook version. So far, I have not been able to make that happen but the current pandemic storm got me into implementing the audio idea in a different form.

On Thursday 26 March 2020 I delivered the third “Daily Scrum Pocketcast” in which…

Daily Scrum Pocketcasts - Episode 2. On Wednesday 25 March 2020 I delivered the second “Daily Scrum Pocketcasts” in which I continued reading my book "Scrum - A Pocket Guide".

Ever since the accidental creation of my book “Scrum – A Pocket Guide” in 2013, and its deliberate evolution in 2019, I’ve been receiving inquiries about an audiobook version. So far, I have not been able to make that happen but the current pandemic storm got me into implementing the audio idea in a different form.

On Wednesday 25 March 2020 I delivered the second “Daily Scrum Pocketcast” in…

Daily Scrum Pocketcasts - Episode 1. On Tuesday 24 March 2020 I delivered the first “Daily Scrum Pocketcasts” in which I have read the first chapters from my book.

Ever since the accidental creation of my book “Scrum – A Pocket Guide” in 2013, and its deliberate evolution in 2019, I’ve been receiving inquiries about an audiobook version. So far, I have not been able to make that happen but the current pandemic storm got me into implementing the audio idea in a different form.

On Tuesday 24 March 2020 I delivered the first “Daily Scrum Pocketcast” in which I…

I have planned a first series of five “Daily Scrum Pocketcasts” in which I will read my Scrum Pocket Guide front to back. Hope to see you on Zoom.

Ever since the accidental creation of my book Scrum – A Pocket Guide (A Smart Travel Companion) in 2013, and its deliberate evolution in 2019, I frequently receive inquiries about the availability of an audiobook version.

Although I see value in the idea, I have not been able to make it happen so far.

Given the current pandemic storm, forcing many friends of Scrum to remain at home, I decided to…

The Covid-19 storm is sweeping the planet. I consider the importance of human contact against the backdrop of a viral war. I wish you all the best. Be safe. Take care, like a humane Scrum Caretaker does.

The United Nations’ World Health Organization(“WHO”) correctly describes “Covid-19” as a new variant within the Corona family of viruses. A Covid-19 infection typically shows through symptoms of fever combined with respiratory problems — a dry cough, shortness of breath, and (severe) breathing difficulties. As we speak, Covid-19 is exponentially spreading across large parts of the world,…

Scrum, in its more general definition, is a simple framework to help us address complex challenges. Product development is the subset of complex problem domains where Scrum took root first; by explicitly acknowledging software and new product development to be complex work, serving to deliver complex products in complex circumstances.

Scrum is increasingly being discovered as a simple framework…

“Scrum – Una Guida Tascabile” is now widely available

As I was working on the second edition of my pocket guide to Scrum in 2018, Michael F Forni proposed to create an Italian translation of my book. It was the start of a collaborative endeavour, in which he got help from Fabio Panzavolta and Aniello Di Florio, towards self-publishing the translation.

I am humbled and honoured for announcing that the result is now available as “Scrum – Una Guida…