Anders Sixtensson, senior consultant and Lean expert at Softhouse Consulting, has collected a number of frequently asked questions from managers and others during his Lean assignments and tutorials. In a discussion with Mary Poppendieck, creator of Lean Software Development, he tries to walk through some issues that always come up. […]
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The Scrum Story
Ken Schwaber, who is known to be the co-founder of Scrum together with Jeff Sutherland, paid a visit to Sweden in April this year. Lean Magazine got a chance to talk with him about the origins and evolution of Scrum in the nineties, and what he thinks about the future […]
The Agile Leap – or how Bent Jensen went from scepticism to conviction
A professional approach in software development started in 1990 when I was offered a job at SAS Institute as consultant/developer/trainer. A few years later I was part of an R&D facility in Copenhagen, creating Business Intelligence software specifically for the European markets. The Agile leap came in the year 2000, […]
Long-Distance Scrumming
Janne Peltonen, certified Scrum Master at Finland-based company Qvantel, knows from his own experience how to make distributed projects more productive and less problematic. Qvantel has an offshore development center in Hyderabad, India, and offers near-shoring services for its customers in Scandinavia. Hence, it is crucial to find a […]
The importance of having a GOOD BACKLOG
A good product backlog is the key to any successful Scrum project. In this e-mail interview, Mike Cohn gives some good advice on how to succeed as a Product Owner. We all know that the main responsibility of a Product Owner in Scrum is to create, prioritise and groom the […]