Developer: “I’m not sure when the next Sprint planning is. The ScrumMaster hasn’t scheduled it yet” Two things concern me here. First, the seemingly variability of events. Second, the reliance on the ScrumMaster. In Scrum, we work on a cadence. Once we determine the Sprint length, we mostly stick to it with a few exceptions around…
Join us for the May 3-4, 2021 Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) training class from Washington DC. This course is a 2 day virtual immersive training and online learning experience that goes beyond the fundamentals of the Product Owner role, and dives deeper into product strategy, product discovery, stakeholder management, and advanced product backlog management…
David Bland presented on "Testing Business Ideas" at Washington DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG). David gives a rare behind the scenes look at how he tested his book content along the way by using lean principles. David was recently approached by Alex Osterwalder to co-author a new book about testing business ideas. They had both observed…
The Agile100 virtual conference series aims to bring the knowledge and experience of the world’s top 100 agile thinkers and speakers to everyone across the globe. Join in on July 31, 2020. Find out more here.
Developers on Scrum teams split their time across 3 main areas each and every Sprint and should account for that in Sprint Planning. Building the Product Increment During the Sprint, Developers work on Product Backlog Items that help accomplish the Sprint Goal and deliver a Product Increment. Developers on a Scrum team build the Product Increment.…
Join us for the September 23 - 25 Certified Scrum Developer® (CSD® track) training class from Washington DC. This course is a 3 day virtual immersive training and online learning experience that covers the skills needed to design and build reliable, robust, and verifiable systems. Over 50% of this class involves hands-on coding through sample exercises…
Join us for the October 31-November 1, 2020 weekend online Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®) training class from Washington DC. This course is a 2 day live virtual immersive training and online learning experience that covers the Agile values and Agile principles, the fundamentals of the Product Owner role, developing a vision, roadmap and release plan,…
Join us for the December 16-17, 2020 Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) training class from Dubai, UAE. This course is a 2 day live immersive virtual training and online learning experience that covers Agile values and Agile principles, the fundamentals of Scrum, the intricacies of the Scrum framework, Scrum roles and responsibilities, and the keys to a successful…
Join us for the August 22-23, 2020 weekend online Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®) training class from Washington DC. This course is a 2 day live virtual immersive training and online learning experience that covers the Agile values and Agile principles, the fundamentals of the Product Owner role, developing a vision, roadmap and release plan, managing…
Join Hisham and Roy as they share a case study of the Carlyle Group's Agile Transformation Journey at the Washington DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG). https://www.meetup.com/DC-Scrum/events/271362779/
Lean Coffee is a structured, but agenda-less meeting. Participants gather, build an agenda, and begin talking. Conversations are directed and productive because the agenda for the meeting was democratically generated. Join us online on August 3rd, 2020. https://www.meetup.com/DC-Scrum/events/271364457/
Join Daivd Bland and the Washington DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG) for a talk on Testing Business Ideas. David will give us a behind the scene look on how he applied lean principles to test out ideas in his latest book that he co-authored with Alexander Osterwalder https://www.meetup.com/DC-Scrum/events/271362129/
The Women in Agile and Agile Alliance partnered half-day conference, originally scheduled to take place in Orlando, Florida, will become a fully remote event. Women in Agile 2020 will be Online on Sunday, July 19, 2020. Find out more here.
The Agile100 virtual conference series aims to bring the knowledge and experience of the world’s top 100 agile thinkers and speakers to everyone across the globe. Join in on June 26, 2020. Find out more here.
Scrum Master: “Team, the last Sprint was a colossal failure.” So when can a Sprint be considered a failure? Let us start by defining what does failure mean in this situation? Is it about the team's velocity being low? Is it the team not completing all the Product Backlog Items they took on in Sprint Planning?…