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The Crucial Role of Product-Centric Thinking in Scrum Mastery

Scrum, at its core, revolves around delivering value to the customer through iterative development cycles. It's not about completing...

Agile Organizations: Principles over Frameworks

Agile organizations often prioritize frameworks over principles, hindering true agility. While frameworks offer structure, they can...

The Essential Distinction: Scrum Master vs Project Manager

In the world of Agile development, the role of a Scrum Master is often misunderstood with that of a Project Manager. While it is true...

Leadership by serving builds trusted teams

A leader is not one who just gives orders; they are the ones that inspire, guide and support their team to achieve success. Trust is an...

The Scrum Master as a Companion in Suffering: Supporting Teams Through Difficult Times

The role of the Scrum Master goes beyond frameworks and delivery. They can be a companion in suffering with the team during challenging...

The Power of Story Pointing: Unveiling the Criteria for Effective Estimation

Estimating the time and effort required for software development projects is often challenging. Traditional approaches would involve...

Fractal Hierarchies and Mission Command: Examining the Similarities

Adaptive Structures: Both function with fractal hierarchies and the mission command approach used by the military emphasize the...

Responding to Change Without Losing Sight of the Plan

When it comes to agile development, one of the core principles stated in the Agile Manifesto is "responding to change over following a...

Embracing Fractal Hierarchy: Unleashing the Power of Organizational Effectiveness

Traditional organizational hierarchies have long held their significance in shaping the structure and functioning of businesses. However,...

Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship

http://manifesto.softwarecraftsmanship.org/ Interesting sequel to the Agile Manifesto. Covers some gaps left by the original version.