Author archives: NinaMenke

Agile in Corea

7 February 2012 NinaMenke

Daniel Berger meets South Corean Scrum Community!

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During his 3-month stay in South Corea in 2011 Daniel Berger, a member of the Berlin Scrum Community, had the opportunity to get in touch with the local Scrum Community. If you want to learn more about his experiences, go to
http://agileinberlin.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/how-i-met-the-scrum-community-in-korea/.

Notes from the Scrumtisch 2011

17 November 2011 NinaMenke

Again our famous Scrumtisch took place on November 10th, 2011 at the Cafe Hundertwasser in Friedrichshain.The Scrumtisch is interesting for everybody who wants to discuss Scrum, share problems and find solutions.

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On: 17 November 2011
In: Scrumtisch Berlin

Andrea Tomasini started the meeting with his impressions of the Scrum Gathering in London and as usual topics were chosen by the group. The following issues which were discussed:

3 teams but how many backlogs
My teams do not like cross-functional
Team changing at every sprint, what to do? Scrum is empowerment...
How to trace dependencies between stories in the product backlog
Planning meeting is too long, estimation is hard

3 teams but how many backlogs?

stable and performing
people shuffling every sprint
The management decide how to sort things: sometimes the team has 2 to 3 members
20+20 ...

Agil zu werden ist nicht schwer, agil zu sein dagegen sehr ...

20 October 2011 NinaMenke

The article „Agil zu werden ist nicht schwer, agil zu sein dagegen sehr...“ (in engl. "Becoming agile is not so difficult but staying agile can be...") by Marion Eickmann was published in the magazine www.objektspektrum.de on October 20th, 2011.

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On: 20 October 2011
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Becoming agile is not so difficult, but staying agile can be. The introduction of agile practices such as Scrum and Kanban may seem simple at first glance, but is not trivial. The reason for this is that the transition to agile methods are not only changing processes within the company but also the "mindset" of all participants. Teams have more responsibility, management style will change from "Command and Control" to "Agile Leadership" and also the strategic management has to support "Agile Change" with the right communication strategy. But how is it possible to introduce all these changes successfully? The answer ...

agile42 consulting ltd’s Dave Sharrock to speak at Much Ado About Agile VI

7 October 2011 NinaMenke

agile42 consulting ltd's Dave Sharrock to speak at Much Ado About Agile VI Extreme Lego Scrum Game Tutorial and Leading Agile Change Seminar (VANCOUVER, Canada, October 24 & 25, 2011)  agile42 consulting ltd. announced today that Dave Sharrock, VP Professional Services for Canada, will be speaking at Agile Vancouver’s 6th ...

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On: 7 October 2011
In: Press

agile42 consulting ltd's Dave Sharrock to speak at Much Ado About Agile VI

Extreme Lego Scrum Game Tutorial and Leading Agile Change Seminar

(VANCOUVER, Canada, October 24 & 25, 2011) agile42 consulting ltd. announced today that Dave Sharrock, VP Professional Services for Canada, will be speaking at Agile Vancouver’s 6th annual conference, Much Ado About Agile. Dave will be running a tutorial “Extreme Lego Scrum Game” where attendees will experience hands-on Scrum practitioning and uncover the principles of Scrum from real need, learning why the artifacts are there and how they naturally fit together to improve flow, and come ...