As Agile has become a mainstream approach in software development, there are many books and discussions about its concepts and how to implement them. The book “Environment for Agile Teams” by Andy Brandt provides a different, and very interesting, perspective as it discusses the practical details of the everyday life of a Scrum team.
In small Scrum teams, it’s common for people to share roles such as Scrum Master / Tester / Dev but in a lot of cases there are conflicting interests. How can a Tester adequately test when as a Scrum Master the highest priority is assisting the team to deliver?
As an Agile Coach or Scrum Master do you want to add energy to your team that looks not enthusiastic or resists change? Is it possible to cause harm to your team even with proper Agile coaching? Yes, if you are working with tired, exhausted or even burned-out teams, they do need special treatment, usually counterintuitive to the coaches.
Agile Tour London is an annual conference which explores all aspects of Agile project management (Scrum) and software development. Packed with inspirational talks and hands-on workshops from Agile experts, the Agile Tour London conference offers unmatched opportunities to learn. Whether you are an agile newbie or been in the industry for years, Agile London Tour is the definitive agile conference in London.
How do you assess your skills as an Agile coach? An Agile coach herself, Karen Greaves proposes to define the coaching activity using 5 areas and 15 different items, a perspective that could naturally be adapted to your own context. This simple tool allows the coaches to reflect about their work and plan improvements.
Agile Prague is a two-day conference focused on Agile and Scrum and that takes place in the capital of the Czech Republic. The Agile Prague conference is running in two parallel tracks in two days, where you can choose from the variety of talks for managers, Scrum Masters, product owners and try agile practices in practical workshops for testers and developers, share the know-how, discuss in the open space.
Agile Africa is a two-day conference for Agile and Scrum practitioners that takes place in Johannesburg, South Africa. Agile Africa is an annual conference where African software professionals meet to listen to leading international and local speaker discussing better ways of developing software.
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