Video: Why Is Scrum Different?

In his previous three video blogs, Certified Scrum Trainer Jimi Fosdick defined the Scrum framework in terms of what it is, what it isn’t, and the benefits it yields for teams that practice it. In this fourth installment, he explains how all this adds up to an approach to project management that is dramatically different [...]

Video: Why Do Scrum?

In his previous two video blogs, Certified Scrum Trainer Jimi Fosdick has defined the Scrum framework both in terms of what it is and how it differs from other project management models. In this latest installment, “Why Do Scrum?,” he outlines the benefits that Scrum delivers for teams that practice it. Watch the rest of [...]

Video: What's Not Scrum?

In this video blog, Certified Scrum Trainer Jimi Fosdick takes a different approach to defining the Scrum framework–namely, by explaining what Scrum isn’t. Since Scrum marks a dramatic departure from traditional management methods, highlighting the practices and values absent in Scrum can illustrate how it leaves many dysfunctional aspects of traditional management behind. Watch Jimi’s [...]

Video: What Is Scrum?

In the first edition of Danube’s new video blog series, CST Jimi Fosdick starts with the basics by answering “What Is Scrum?” Click below to watch and be sure to check back for more video blogs soon. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers [...]

Measuring Individual Performance: Can a Person Be Reduced to a Number?

One question that seems to come up again and again, with unfortunately greater frequency given the realities of lay offs in the current business climate, is: “How do we use Scrum to measure individual performance?” The short, and admittedly unsatisfying, answer is: “We don’t!” The team is a single unit in Scrum that succeeds or [...]

I'm a Certified ScrumMaster… Now What?

I make ScrumMasters… sort of… Actually, I teach a CSM course for those who want to become ScrumMasters. I make a point of telling my students that a CSM course is only the beginning. Most of the work required to become a ScrumMaster (or at least a good ScrumMaster) happens during the daily battle to [...]