Author: Steve Green

Back to the source

I was listening to Vasco Duarte’s interview with Nirmaljeet Malhotra yesterday and he mentioned a thing that I often do: When people ask about this or that aspect of Scrum, I refer them back to the Scrum Guide. It’s a very short read, but it contains everything you need to know about the practice of Scrum.
It reminds me of when I practiced Aikido back in the 80’s. The head of the school that I practiced with, Saito Sensei used to say, “I teach basic, because there is only basic”.

Looking after your organisation’s strategic capabilities

Many organisations spend far too much time and effort on activities that can be done by one of a thousand organisations (e.g. Payroll, Data centres, and so on) while neglecting the very thing that makes them special. Here’s my answer on how an organisation can look after its strategic capabilities:

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Helping the team to ensure they capture all the tasks when they estimate

In my experience, the problem with estimates is not that the estimates are inaccurate, it’s more that people forget to estimate some of the tasks when they are estimating.

In this question from Quora, the questioner has observed that the length of time required to complete code reviews is throwing their schedules out. I suggest using their definition of done to help them to make sure that all tasks are estimated:

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What is an agile project

In this video I describe an agile project and compare it with the traditional approach to delivering projects.

Although agile project management is usually applied to software development projects, it can be used for many different types of projects. In this video I stay away from the technicalities to describe agile projects in a way that can be understood by the lay person