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The Scrum Master Role is Misunderstood

Scrum.org

The role of the Scrum Master is often misunderstood. What was their interest in Scrum? What did they bring to the role of Scrum Master? They were likely to have had 10 to 20 years of software engineering experience. Its helpful to consider WHO were the early adopters? Try to imagine 1995 through ~2005.

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Five reasons why Scrum is not helping in getting twice the work done in half the time

Scrum.org

Scrum doesn’t help complete the product faster rather than how quickly a team can release a product. I worked as a product owner for my first product in 2007–08 to manage the insurance lifecycle for a major insurance company in America. They got training on Scrum, understood concepts, and formed teams, but struggle to commit.

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Thinking By Sprinting: What Cognitive Science Tells Us About Why Scrum Works

Scrum.org

A while ago, I received an interesting scientific article from Gunther Verheyen titled “Getting Things Done: The Science Behind Stress-Free Productivity” (Heylighen & Vidal, 2007). Their paper provides useful insights into why the Scrum Framework might be so effective when it comes to managing complex work.

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Money is important, but it is not what drives me

Gunther Verheyen

My work as an independent Scrum Caretaker via my one-person company Ullizee-Inc is the sole source of money for our family. Scrum is what I do for a living. Scrum is what I’ve been practicing for the past 20+ years. It wasn’t when we gave up on my wife’s income to allow her to develop her creative talents (2007).

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Basis of Estimating Software Development

Herding Cats

Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991. Estimating Software Costs: Bringing Realism to Estimating , Second Edition, Capers Jones, 2007. Scaling Lean & Agle Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum , Craig Larman and Bas Voode, Addison Wesley, 2008.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E. McMahon, Cross Talk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering , July/August 2015, pp. Architecting Large Scale Agile Software Development: A Risk–Driven Approach,” Ipek Ozkaya, Michael Gagliardi, Robert L. Kirkeboen, G., &

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5 Agile Methodologies for Project Managers that are not Scrum Framework

Project Pulse Journal

Exploring Agile methodologies provides teams with flexible, efficient, and collaborative approaches to software development and project management. Beyond Scrum , several Agile frameworks were developed to address the unique needs and challenges of projects and teams.