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What we learned from descaling 25 Scrum teams

Agile Alliance

We learned that some additional roles and events are needed to address cross-team and cross-organizational alignment and prioritization, when our organization went from a ‘Spotify-inspired” setup to a descaled setup with 25 stand-alone autonomous Scrum teams.

SCRUM 258
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[Case Study] Lessons from descaling 25 Scrum teams

Agile Alliance

This case study explores how one organization transitioned from a scaled Agile setup to a descaled model of autonomous teams. The post [Case Study] Lessons from descaling 25 Scrum teams first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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Manager as Scrum Master

Agile Alliance

This session shares the story of how one organization adopted self-managing teams and the impact that change had on the roles of managers and scrum masters.

SCRUM 37
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Scrum master certification: Top 13 certs for agile pros

CIO

The methodology, which is also used beyond software development at some businesses , is at the center of several frameworks such as Scrum, Lean, Kanban , and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). What is Scrum? What is a Scrum master? What can Scrum master certification do for your career?

SCRUM 173
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A Masterclass in How to Navigate the Messy Connection Between Work and Value in Your Team

Speaker: Dave West, CEO of Scrum.org

The idea of incremental delivery in pursuit of a mission for customers is fundamental to Scrum and the Agile Manifesto that CTOs work with every day. Many Scrum Teams’ reality is that their very reason for being is defined not by value but by work. But what changes when teams and organizations look to value instead of work?

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What is a Scrum master? A key role for project success

CIO

Scrum is a powerful framework for implementing agile processes in software development and other projects. This highly adopted framework utilizes short iterations of work, called sprints, and daily meetings, called scrums, to tackle discrete portions of a project in succession until the project is complete. What does a Scrum master do?

SCRUM 189
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Scrum for Cats: An Agile Framework that Fits the Feline Philosophy

Agile42

They iterate (paw at a toy, lose interest, repeat), self-organize (usually atop your keyboard), and deliver MVPs (Minimum Viable Playthings, like that weird moth they keep batting at on your television screen during Netflix binges). Thus, we proudly present Scrum for Cats, the world’s first Agile framework designed by cats, for cats.

SCRUM 59
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Team Leadership in the Age of Agile

Speaker: Roy Osherove, Technology and Leadership Consultant

To do this, you've learned a wide variety of techniques and methodologies - SCRUM, Kanban, TDD, DevOps, self-organized teams, and much more. Roy Osherove, the author of Elastic Leadership, is going to provide some answers that come from his experience seeing this across many different organizations.

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Success Story: Swiss Insurtech Company Hires a Remote CTO from Ukraine

Hiring top management resources is challenging for any organization no matter the size, and when the local job market is already overheated, companies need to become creative in attracting the top talent.