Monthly Archives: April 2011

Job Titles and Pay Scale in an Agile World

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

Many “Agile Methods” such as Scrum and XP suggest (or command) that there shall be no job titles on the team. What are the implications of this? Although this “utopian” view suggests that all team members are equal, this would … Continue reading →

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If you’re not doing XYZ, you’re not REALLY doing Scrum/XP…

Posted on April 9, 2011 by

We hear that all the time… if you don’t do …. $X…. then you’re not really doing Scrum or XP. So what are the implications of this? 1) It doesn’t matter if you’re “really” doing XP or Scrum. Those are … Continue reading →

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Scrum as the new “Command and Control”

Posted on April 9, 2011 by

Scrum promises an end to “command and control” management. But does it really? Let’s look at this in depth: 1) In the old way everyone had one professional manager they reported to 2) That manager may assign tasks or allow … Continue reading →

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Scrum and XP as related to the Agile Manifesto

Posted on April 9, 2011 by

People often point to the manifesto to justify aspects of Scrum or XP. They’ll say “see right here in the manifesto it says that….” These folks need to learn a little history.

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Rhetorical Anti-Patterns in Scrum and XP

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

How to improve your teams communication and eradicate harmful communication patterns Continue reading →

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The flawed rhetoric about “Scrum” and “Organizational Dysfunction”

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

One of the most bizarre, yet highly touted, “features” of Scrum is that it “exposes Organizational Dysfunction”. Not mere team based, project based, or even departmental dysfunction, but Organizational Dysfunction … enterprise wide. Now this is crazy on so many … Continue reading →

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