by Stefan Wolpers | Sep 25, 2023 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, scrum, Scrum anti-patterns
TL; DR: Lost in Communication and Collaboration Lost in Communication and Collaboration addresses two categories from the Scrum anti-patterns taxonomy that are closely aligned: ineffective collaboration at the stakeholder level, often resulting in an unsuited...
by Stefan Wolpers | Aug 14, 2023 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, scrum, Scrum anti-patterns
TL; DR: Adherence to Legacy Systems, Processes, and Practices Administrative overreach and micromanagement in Scrum mainly arise from clinging to legacy systems and traditional (management) practices, leading to rigidity and misapplication of Agile principles. The...
by Stefan Wolpers | Aug 7, 2023 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Metrics, agile transformation, Leadership, Metrics, Product management, Product Owner, Reading tip, scrum, Scrum first principles
TL; DR: The Minimum Viable Library for Scrum Masters The Minimum Viable Library is available! Explore a series of carefully curated collections of essential books, newsletters, podcasts, and tools to elevate your agile expertise. Read on and learn how the...
by Stefan Wolpers | May 8, 2023 | Agile and Scrum, Agile culture, Agile Transition, Business agility, scrum
TL; DR: Life Is a Negotiation; Why Would Scrum Be Different? Life is a negotiation; why would Scrum be different, particularly given its egalitarian nature? As you may recall, no one on a Scrum team can tell anyone else what to do, how to do it, or when to do it....
by Stefan Wolpers | Mar 19, 2023 | Agile and Scrum, ChatGPT, Definition of Done, Retrospective, scrum
TL; DR: ChatGPT 4: A Bargain for Scrum Practitioners? When OpenAI released its new LLM model GPT-4 last week, I could not resist and signed up for $20 monthly. I wanted to determine whether ChatGPT 4 is superior to its predecessor, which left a good impression in...
by Stefan Wolpers | Mar 13, 2023 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, ChatGPT, scrum, Scrum Master
TL; DR: The Stoic Scrum Master – Making Your Scrum Work #30 Can wisdom from the past still be relevant to today’s VUCA-determined world? I started reading Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations some time ago and found it intriguing; maybe it applies to “Agile?” In other words:...
