It has been an interesting summer. More interestingly, I am now a certified Scrum Master and Scrum Product Owner.
It feels good to know that an effort has been crowned properly.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
A Scrum Certification Summer End
It has been an interesting summer. More interestingly, I am now a certified Scrum Master and Scrum Product Owner.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Inertia and its anti-Scrum effect
Working routinely in a changing environment leads to waste, both in the professional and the personal life.
The same happens when at work we do not actively choose what and when to do. This is one of the reasons why we should not skip the retrospectives at the end of each iteration, either sprint or change between workdays and weekdays schedule.
Do you have some special mantras that help you keep on track?
Monday, November 2, 2009
Scrum @ BPM
This morning, while waiting for the Office 2007 update, I was reading an article on the future of BPM - BPM in Ten Years? My Best Shot.
The combination of Scrum being implemented at work and BPM as my future professional target resulted in the idea that BPM's next incarnation will be a mixture of Scrum principles and BPM methodology.
To put it in a few more words, using Scrum, the team members are given freedom to choose their own paths to the target presented by the product owner. They act as rational personas and the result is a much more motivated and capable team.
On the other hand, currently there is little flexibility in the implementation of the BPM modelled processes. Very often the improvements are done like little "waterfall" development stages. There is little flexibility and continuation of the improvements.
This is exactly where the Scrum principles can help. They can empower the team members to provide feedback, influence the workflow and continuously improve, improve, improve... But then comes the question of the most proper management style to allow this to happen.
The combination of Scrum being implemented at work and BPM as my future professional target resulted in the idea that BPM's next incarnation will be a mixture of Scrum principles and BPM methodology.
To put it in a few more words, using Scrum, the team members are given freedom to choose their own paths to the target presented by the product owner. They act as rational personas and the result is a much more motivated and capable team.
On the other hand, currently there is little flexibility in the implementation of the BPM modelled processes. Very often the improvements are done like little "waterfall" development stages. There is little flexibility and continuation of the improvements.
This is exactly where the Scrum principles can help. They can empower the team members to provide feedback, influence the workflow and continuously improve, improve, improve... But then comes the question of the most proper management style to allow this to happen.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Peace one day
You are either a visionary or a crazy man.
One man is searching for like-minded people. Believing that there could be a simultaneous cease fire. Peace one day. Globally.
Currently, the current normal is that everyone is aggressive.
He keeps on doing it for years.
What is the difference between normal and crazy? Normal is what the majority accepts.
This year I heard about it one day after 21 Septermber
Can we change the majority's perception? Can we find and reach the right majority?
Will I hear it on the date next year? Will I have done something to implement the idea?
One man is searching for like-minded people. Believing that there could be a simultaneous cease fire. Peace one day. Globally.
Currently, the current normal is that everyone is aggressive.
He keeps on doing it for years.
What is the difference between normal and crazy? Normal is what the majority accepts.
This year I heard about it one day after 21 Septermber
Can we change the majority's perception? Can we find and reach the right majority?
Will I hear it on the date next year? Will I have done something to implement the idea?
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
I am a TED translator
Today I can proudly tell you that my first TED translation is available. It is the speach about the upcoming singularity by Ray Kurzweil.
I am very happy to have the chance and bring this knowledge to people who are experts in other languages.
I am very happy to have the chance and bring this knowledge to people who are experts in other languages.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Scrum @ home
A few months ago, the department I work in started implementing the Scrum methodology. Then came Lean. We still try to fight our way through the terminology and ideas. However, thanks to our great Scrum mentor, Monika Kovachka-Dimitrova, I am pretty sure that we have a great chance become winners.
In the meanwhile, I've decided to start applying some of the Scrum principles in my personal life. Probably it is due to the smaller scale, but the positive results started flowing right after the first weekend sprint. Even when I involved my family in the planning, the results made me jump for joy.
The morale of the story is the following:
Maybe, after reading Ken Schwaber scrum books, you are still not completely persuaded that scrum works in a strenuous environment. If that is the case, I recommend to give it a try and experiment with your own tasks. I am sure the results will surprise you ;- )))
In the meanwhile, I've decided to start applying some of the Scrum principles in my personal life. Probably it is due to the smaller scale, but the positive results started flowing right after the first weekend sprint. Even when I involved my family in the planning, the results made me jump for joy.
The morale of the story is the following:
Maybe, after reading Ken Schwaber scrum books, you are still not completely persuaded that scrum works in a strenuous environment. If that is the case, I recommend to give it a try and experiment with your own tasks. I am sure the results will surprise you ;- )))
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Being in Madrid and reading Terry Pratchet
There is some strange magic in this combination. The bustling with live and emotions Madrid can give you its own visual interpretations of the Discworld. It can do so to the almost unbelievable degree when you can find the characters and situations from the book on the very streets you are enjoying while sightseeing.
This city bends the universe around its flamenco, corridas, sun and smiling citizens. Even the basic laws of the universe as we know them are distorted by the extremely powerful atmosphere of this city. The easiest example: do you know what does E=mc^2 transforms into?
E=mucho callor^2
With the Making Money as my bed time reading, my experiences from the day get mixed with the magical world. So, my recommendation if you are reading Making Money is to do so while spending money in the midst of the Spain's capital.
This city bends the universe around its flamenco, corridas, sun and smiling citizens. Even the basic laws of the universe as we know them are distorted by the extremely powerful atmosphere of this city. The easiest example: do you know what does E=mc^2 transforms into?
E=mucho callor^2
With the Making Money as my bed time reading, my experiences from the day get mixed with the magical world. So, my recommendation if you are reading Making Money is to do so while spending money in the midst of the Spain's capital.
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