Note: This is a guest post by Lasse Koskela originally published on his late blog. Thanks to Lasse for letting me re-post it here. I’m sitting in the hallway in Limerick, Ireland, attending the XP2008 conference, downloading something from the company server to my laptop, eavesdropping on an open space session hosted by J.B.. He’s talking about user …
When delivering Scrum classes I get a lot of questions. In some countries I get questions about how individual performance appraisals are delt with in Scrum. My short answer is: They are not! Scrum is team based and that does not fit very well with individual performance appraisals. The long and detailed answer is: How to …
At the Scrum Gathering in Prague last week, many participants were active during the Open Space sessions of the last day. I suggested the topic “Definition of Done in different settings“. Thirteen of us found the topic interesting enough to spend 45 minutes together. Here is my write up of the discussion as I remember it. …
Many of us try to avoid failure. When doing so we often forget that we can learn from failure. I recommend learning from small failures in order to avoid the big epic FAIL. Of course, it’s easier said than done. It takes a lot of practice to feel comfortable to fail. I did some practicing …
I offer Scrum Trainings in both Europe and Asia. When telling people this fact I am often asked about the differences in culture and how class participants may behave differently in Europe compared to Asia. Yes, I have noticed some differences. I have also noticed similarities. The most encouraging similarity is the habit of asking …
When traveling I have made it a habit to always count the pieces of luggage I carry. Instead of trying to remember all the time which specific pieces I carry, I just remember the number. To me it’s a safety and backup thing. I know other people do similar things. My father in law once …