How command and control works
One of my favorite cartoonists is Mort Walker, who passed away earlier this year after almost 80 years of producing comic strips. His main contribution is the cartoon Beetle Bailey, …
How NOT to introduce Scrum and Agile! – 3
Constant Interruptions As the third cause behind Scrum-implementation-failures, we present: Interruptions. There are those who might say that this is the most common cause leading to implementation failures. But what …
How NOT to introduce Scrum and Agile! – 2
Spread “FUD” (fear, uncertainty and doubt)! Coming in close after number one on the list of derailing the Scrum process, we find an old classic: It consists of spreading Fear, …
Why do Scrum implementations get watered down?
Having worked with Scrum for many years, it is still interesting and exiting for me to see that it is able to move the goalposts. However, I keep wondering why …
How NOT to introduce Scrum and Agile! – 1
The most common way to fail in introducing Scrum is to call it Scrum, but to bastardize it beyond recognition. It can happen out of ignorance as well as with …
Japanese symbols
舎We are inspired by the whole Lean Thinking, that came to us in the west from Japan, but had its roots in the American W. Edwards Deming’s teaching. Nevertheless, …