by Stefan Wolpers | Jan 17, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, Hiring Agile practitioners, Scrum anti-patterns, Scrum Master
TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns from Job Ads Job ads for Scrum Master positions reveal great insight into an organization’s progress on becoming agile. I analyzed more than 50 job ads for Scrum Master positions to gain these. Learn more about what makes job ads...
by Stefan Wolpers | Dec 28, 2020 | Agile and Scrum, Product Owner, Scrum anti-patterns, scrum guide, Scrum Master
TL;DR: Scrum 2021 — Getting You Started as Scrum Master or Product Owner As 2020 comes to an end, you are probably considering how to further your career as a Scrum Master or Product Owner in 2021. Maybe, I can support you in that regard with a set of six articles...
by Stefan Wolpers | Oct 4, 2020 | Agile and Scrum, Agile anti-patterns, Lean and Product, Product Owner, Product roadmap, Scrum anti-patterns
It’s Product Roadmap Building Time Again! The end of 2020 is nearing and it’s product roadmap building time again—at least for those companies that are still dedicated to the old command-and-control model. In the next few weeks, executives and (key) stakeholders will...
by Stefan Wolpers | Sep 6, 2020 | Agile and Scrum, Agile anti-patterns, Agile Transition, Management, Managers, Micromanagement, scrum, Scrum anti-patterns, Stakeholders
TL;DR: Agile Management Anti-Patterns Learn more about agile management anti-patterns the aspiring servant leader should avoid during the organization’s transition: From applying the Stage-Gate® approach through the back door to the ‘where is my report’ attitude to...
by Stefan Wolpers | Aug 29, 2020 | Agile and Scrum, agile coach, Agile Transition, scrum, Scrum anti-patterns, Scrum Master
TL; DR: Lipstick Agile — Happiness in the Trenches? Have you noticed how many people in the agile field are unhappy with their work situation? A situation where an organization already struggles doing agile, not to mention ‘becoming agile?’ This is what I call...
by Stefan Wolpers | Aug 29, 2020 | Agile and Scrum, Agile anti-patterns, Engineers engineering, Scrum anti-patterns, scrum team
TL; DR: 18 Signs of a Systemic Toxic Team Culture What looked like a good idea back in the 1990ies—outsourcing software development as a non-essential business area—has meanwhile massively backfired for a lot of legacy organizations. While they try to become more...
