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5 Tips to Help You Implement Agile into an Organization that Doesn’t Want It

By Greg Crown /

Change isn’t easy. Even a minor change can feel like a major inconvenience. Starbucks is out of gluten-free almond milk? Day, week, life—RUINED. So, don’t be shocked when you’re finally implementing Agile into your organization and a bunch of legacy employees start popping up wondering what you’re doing on their lawn. Before you get frustrated…

A Simple Guide to Scrum Ceremonies

By Robert Pieper /

If you’re looking for a guide to help you navigate scrum ceremonies, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s a guide with everything you need.

Scrum Master Interview Questions You Should Be Asking

By Robert Pieper /

If your organization is transitioning to the Scrum framework, and you’re doing it right, you’re likely planning to bring a Scrum Master on board. The good news: you’ll likely have plenty of candidates from which to choose. The bad news: the majority of them aren’t worth your time. Without a lot of experience in Scrum,…

How to Hybridize Waterfall and Scrum

By Robert Pieper /

If you’re like many, you’ve seen plenty of agile-hybrids with funny names like Water-Scrum-Fall, or others. But do these hybrids work? usually not because they fail to reduce risk, deliver value early, or even allow you to change directions quickly. In this video, Robb Pieper of Responsive Advisors will go over how you COULD successfully…

Can a Scrum Master be a Manager?

By Robert Pieper /

Can a Scrum Master be a manager? Let me start this semi-controversial topic by first separating the “can” from the “should”. Of course, they can. As of the November 2020 version there is no rule written in the Scrum Guide that says who should or should not play the accountability of a Scrum Master. The…