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2010... Lots of new updates and material coming soon!Apologies: This is my first post for what looks like months and for that I have to apologise. Back in July 2009 I started working with Suncorp as an Agile Coach, coaching them through one of the biggest Agile transitions in Australia. They have in the region of 2000 people in the IT department alone! It’s been a very busy time and I have been working on some interesting projects and tasks at Suncorp, one of which was an Agile Maturity Assessment (AMA) which we performed across the whole of the IT organisation on numerous projects spanning all the vertical businesses within Suncorp such as Commercial and Personal Insurance, Corporate Systems, Infrastructure, Banking and Life and our New Zealand teams.
I plan a strong return to the website, with new and updated information, articles and other exciting material which I hope you will enjoy.
JAOO recently ran a number of conferences in Australia. They have now made the presentations freely available online for all to download.
You can find the Brisbane sessions here… http://jaoo.com.au/brisbane-2009/schedule/monday.jsp
Below is collection of agile related presentations for your viewing pleasure…
The Power of Retrospectives
http://jaoo.com.au/brisbane-2009/file?path=/jaoo-sydney-2009/slides/LindaRising_ThePowerOfRetrospectives.pdf
Scaling Scrum with feature teams
http://jaoo.com.au/brisbane-2009/file?path=/jaoo-sydney-2009/slides//BasVodde_ScalingScrum.pdf
How your choices influence your agility
http://jaoo.com.au/brisbane-2009/file?path=/jaoo-brisbane-2009/slides/SteveHayes_HowYourChoicesInfluenceYourAgility.pdf
Lessons Learned in Programmer Testing
http://jaoo.com.au/brisbane-2009/file?path=/jaoo-sydney-2009/slides/JamesNewkirk_LessonsLearnedInProgrammerTesting.pdf
Description and Estimation How We Fool Ourselves
http://jaoo.com.au/brisbane-2009/file?path=/jaoo-sydney-2009/slides/LindaRising_DeceptionAndEstimationHowWeFoolOurselves.pdf
Scrum Introduction : A free presentation for beginnersI have been asked a number of times for a short presentation introducing Scrum. I find it difficult to cover all the aspects of Scrum, agile and team software development in two days let alone 2 hours. So I have structured the content of the presentation around the new “Scrum Guide” published by Ken Schwaber recently. I did this to ensure that i covered the basics as Ken sees them; the roles, the flow, the theory and artefacts. I am making this freely available here and would love to hear any feedback you may have, so please use the feedback form if you have anything, good or bad to say.
Enjoy....
ScrumAlliance publish free Scrum Guide
In synchronization with the Orlando Scrum Gathering the ScrumAlliance unveiled a new look website which you can find here www.scrumalliance.org. Amongst the new content area they are now providing (called the ScrumHub) you will find a “Scrum Guide”. This is a 13 page PDF document which is free to download and is a great introduction to the roles, ceremonies and artifacts of the Scrum framework. If you are new to Scrum I suggest you spend a few minutes reading through the words that Ken (Schwaber) has put down on paper.
So head on over and check it out
5 Scrum questions to leading lights in the industry: Issue 4: Alistair Cockburn
In issue 4 of the five questions series we hear from Alistair Cockburn. Alistair is a leading agile evangelist and book author and recently presented a number of sessions at the Orlando Scrum Gathering, including the “panel of 5” open discussion with the likes of Ken Schwaber, Mike Cohn, Ron Jeffries and Jim Coplien.Alistair is currently working alongside Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland and absorbing their thoughts and ideas, some of which are un-written. Alistair is an excellent wordsmith and is hoping to articulate in more detail some of the details of Scrum and its implementation. An example of this is the term “Scrum is a mirror” which you will see Alistair refer to in his answers below. This term refers to Scrum acting as a mirror into your organisation and identifying impediments and issues that need resolutions. So without any more delay I give you Dr. Alistair Cockburn…
A big thankyou to Alistair for taking the time to respond some quickly.
Issues in the series
Issue 1: Ron Jeffries
Issue 2: Ken Schwaber
Issue 3: Mike Cohn
Issue 4: Alistair Cockburn
5 Scrum questions to leading lights in the industry: Issue 3: Mike Cohn
In issue 3 of the five questions series we hear from Mike Cohn. Mike is the author of some of the most successful IT books, including Agile Estimating and Planning, User Stories Applied and his upcoming new book Succeeding with Agile. A big thankyou to Mike for taking the time to squeeze these answers into his incredibly busy schedule.
Issues in the series
Issue 1: Ron Jeffries
Issue 2: Ken Schwaber
Issue 3: Mike Cohn
Issue 4: Alistair Cockburn
I am now a Certified Scrum Coach
I am pleased to announce that I have recently gained my Certified Scrum Coach (CSC) qualification.
So what does that mean? Well statistically I am now one of the 13 active CSC’s in the world (according to the Scrum Alliance site), so this is a very small community, when you consider that there are now over 35,000 Certified Scrum Masters (CSM’s) globally.
Why have I gone for the CSC and not CST (Certified Scrum Trainer). Well for me the CSC qualification reflects what I do in my day to day life. Yes it would be advantageous to be able to certify people as CSMs (something only CST’s can do), but the CST program is designed for people who are primarily giving 2-3 day training courses at public and privately run courses. This does not align with what I do. I do see the CSM course as an integral part of the adoption of Scrum within an organisation however; it is in reality only a starter for the weeks, months and even years of hard work required for a successful Scrum adoption.
So does this mean I now know everything about Scrum and my learning stops? No way! Far from it; although the CSC qualification is the pinnacle of the Scrum Alliance certifications we can never know enough and we must continually “Inspect and Adapt” and strive for continuous improvement. In some ways I consider this equivalent to passing my driving test. I am now able to get out there and learn for real
James Brett
To contact me please use the Contact Us page
For further information about the Scrum Alliance certifications please see their website here
5 Scrum questions to leading lights in the industry: Issue 2: Ken Schwaber
In issue 2 of the five questions series we hear from one of the godfarthers of Scrum Ken Schwaber. Ken (along with Jeff Sutherland) is responsible for creating Scrum way back in the day, not only that but Ken created (or helped create) the Scrum Alliance and the Agile Alliance. Ken has produced three Scrum books that have guided so many people through the Scrum framework. So without further ado. I give you the man himself....Ken Schwaber!
Issues in the series
Issue 1: Ron Jeffries
Issue 2: Ken Schwaber
Issue 3: Mike Cohn
Issue 4: Alistair Cockburn