Visit Blog Home Scrum Alliance Coaching Retreat Goa – Feb 2016 I recently attended the Scrum Alliance Coaching Retreat (SCR) at Goa, India from 31st Jan thru Feb 2nd. It was a very good event to network and learn. Here are some details of the event The Objective...
Information Radiators
Visit Blog Home Information Radiators Information radiators are meant to display information at a public place so that the information can be noticed by as many people as possible without making a conscious effort to do so. The idea of information radiator was...
Toyota Production System
Toyota Production System Toyota developed the Toyota production system (TPS). TPS borrowed ideas from ford but developed the just in time philosophy (JIT) pull concept to address the issues or high cost associated with fords large inventories. The Toyota production...
Defined vs Empirical
Visit Blog Home Defined vs Empirical Defined Processes Every piece of work is completely understood Defined process can be started and allowed to run with same results every time They provide repeatability and predictability Empirical Processes Expects the unexpected...
Scrum
Visit Blog Home What is Scrum? Scrum is an iterative and incremental Agile framework for solving complex adaptive problems. Its focus is on “a flexible, holistic product development strategy where the Scrum Team works as a unit to reach a common goal” as...
Servant Leadership
Visit Blog Home Servant Leadership While servant leadership is a timeless concept, the phrase “servant leadership” was coined by Robert K. Greenleaf in The Servant as Leader, an essay that he first published in 1970. In that essay, Greenleaf said: “The servant-leader...
What is Agile?
Visit Blog Home What is Agile? Agile is a philosophy and consists of thought processes which are summed up in the Agile Manifesto. Some of the key thought processes which Agile encompasses are Focus on Value Elimination of wastage and improvement of productivity...
Agile Project Management
Visit Blog Home Agile Project Management The essence of the difference between traditional project management and Agile project management lies in how you look at the three primary constraints of project management Scope Cost Time Flex Scope and Fixed Cost/Time In a...
What is a Timebox?
Visit Blog Home What is a Timebox? Scrum relies heavily on the concept of Timebox. Timebox is setting a fixed time limit to any activity and letting other characteristics such as Scope vary. A time box could be A Meeting A Sprint A Test activity Development Activity...
Is Planning required in Scrum?
Visit Blog Home Is Planning required in Scrum? Scrum infact advocates planning. However, the plan does not need to be a humungous up-front plan. Progressively Elaborate the planning in Scrum Plan at multiple levels (strategic, release, iteration daily etc) creating...