Is agile dead? What should we focus on in 2020?
AUTHOR: Malene Marie Bendixen Jacobsen, Agile Coach Happy New Year and welcome to 2020! 2020! Wow, time flies. How was your 2019? Was it hard? Successful? Challenging? Take a moment …
Sprint Planning 1 and 2 died a long time ago!
AUTHOR: Malene Marie Bendixen Jacobsen, Agile Coach Firstly, as a point of clarification, we are talking about Sprint Planning in Scrum. As a coach and trainer, I get exposed to …
How to energize your sessions
AUTHOR: Malene Marie Bendixen Jacobsen, Agile Coach Have you ever been part of or facilitated a session where the energy felt low? Where some of your participants were half asleep …
Project Managers as Scrum Masters?
AUTHOR: Malene Marie Bendixen Jacobsen, Agile Coach Should Project Managers be Scrum Masters? Well, it depends… I often get met with the view that someone in the team, be it …
Silos – The death knell of farmers and agility
AUTHOR: Ryan Griggs, Scrum Master Good developers and good farmers are the same people… I have an appreciation for farmers, but not for their actual farming abilities. Successful farmers represent …
My favourite takeaways from the 2019 Global Scrum Gathering in Austin (2 of 2)
AUTHOR: Malene Marie Bendixen Jacobsen, Agile Coach There were a lot of interesting topics and talks at the gathering but I will try to keep this blog post short and …
My favourite takeaways from the 2019 Global Scrum Gathering in Austin (1 of 2)
AUTHOR: Malene Marie Bendixen Jacobsen, Agile Coach Since I’m finally over the jetlag and back to my daily schedule in Cape Town, I thought it is time for me to …
Top takeaways from the 2019 Agile Coach Camp ZA
AUTHOR: Malene Marie Bendixen Jacobsen, Agile Coach The first Agile Coach Camp in South Africa is over and what a weekend it has been! When you put together like-minded people …
Whose fault is it? Who did this? Was it them or us? …
AUTHOR: Malene Marie Bendixen Jacobsen, Agile Coach Whose fault is it? Who did this? Was it them or us? … We all hear questions like these in our team when …
Does size matter?
AUTHOR: Ryan Griggs, Scrum Master Being 6.1 feet tall is great, I can reach most things and I can sit on most motorcycles without resorting to using my tiptoes when …