Contents
Differences Between Agile, Lean, Six Sigma, PMP, and Other Methodologies
Marketability of Scrum Certification and Consistency of Employment
Getting the Most Value from Gatherings, Conferences, and Other Events
How Can Scrum Scale to Work Successfully with Large Teams?
SAFe SPC Training: A Reflection
What Is the Biggest Hurdle for a Company Transitioning from Waterfall to Scrum Methodology?
How Do You Overcome the Culture of a Company That Is Not Conducive to the Scrum Ideology?
How Do We Get Our Leaders Agile Trained?
Do We Have the Insights We Need to Know What Customers Want Most/Next?
Breaking Down Requirements to Epics and User Stories
Breaking Down the Product Backlog into Sprints
Why Does Every Increment Need to Be Shippable/Valuable to an End User?
What Is the Difference Between a Product Backlog and a Sprint Backlog?
What Goes into Sprint Planning?
What Is the Typical Duration for Sprints?
What Is the Measure of Progress on Product Delivery/Approximate Completion Date?
What’s Done Is Done: User Stories
Psssst! I Can Get You Fixed Cost AND Fixed Dates!!
What Are Some Trends of Burndown Charts and What Do the Patterns Indicate?
Should We Make a Big Change Between Sprints?
What Are Some Tips on Self-Organization?
How Does the ScrumMaster Fit in with the PO/PM in Terms of Ability to Drive Process?
Should the Quality Assurance Team Be Inside or Outside?
What One Skill Is Most Important to Being a ScrumMaster?
How Can Scrum and Kanban Teams Work Together Effectively?
Happiness Is YOUR Responsibility
Can a Team Member (Dev) Be an Effective ScrumMaster?
How Do Teams Get True Autonomy from Management?
What Can I Immediately Apply from a Training Course, Conference, or Seminar?
Where Should You Place User Experience/User Interface (UX/UI) in a Scrum Team?
In Scrum, Why All the Meetings?
What Is the Most Useful Way to Make People Accept Self-Management?
Chapter 5 Real People, Real Stories
Manny Gonzalez, CEO, Scrum Alliance
Anu Smalley, Agile Coach and Trainer
Jaya Shrivastava, Agile Trainer and Coach
Ebony Nicole Brown, Senior Enterprise Transformation Coach and Trainer
James Gifford, Agile Coach/Agile Transformation Specialist
Jean Russell, Culture Alchemist and Queen of Thrivability
Dave Prior, Certified Scrum Trainer (CST)
Michelle Slowinsky, Project Manager at Association Applications Group, LLC
Gavin Watson, CEO, Watson, Inc.
Kanwar Singh, IT Program Manager
Sam Laing, Agile Coach and Trainer at Growing Agile
Joel Semeniuk, Chief Innovation Officer and Incubation Director
Kristin Kowynia, Product Owner at Paylocity
Chapter 6 Real Terms, Real Definitions