An Ancient Thanksgiving Recipe

Although many of my co-workers did not believe I made the delicious dish known as squash stuffing, I will still post the recipe here as requested. I know what some of you are already thinking, “he’s like some sort of Renaissance Scrum Master.” Who am I to argue? I coach agile software development teams, write …

Making The Holidays Extra Special This Year

Since my game changing book won’t likely be ready in time for the holidays, I figured I should provide the readers of this blog with a great gift to give to their friends and family this Christmas. The picture in this post is just one of many styles of shirts you can purchase with the …

Top 10 Signs of a Troubled Daily Scrum

Takes longer than 15 minutes All team members aren’t answering these three questions clearly: What did I commit to and get done since the last daily scrum? What am I committing to getting done by the next daily scrum? What obstacles are impeding my progress? No one can remember what anyone else said 30 seconds …

Top 10 Things to Look for in A Scrum Master

Can schedule meetings in Outlook or a similar software package Able to setup a projector on a moment’s notice Knows how to start and manage a web conference Can launch and navigate an agile project management tool The “go to” note taker Has all the best menus to order lunch from handy at all times …

Quote from EC: “Ethan.com”

This morning EC had me scan in his new online game called “Ethan Math”. He said, “Put it on Ethan.com. People will like this game because they like ‘Ethan figures’.” Click on the picture to see (play?) “Ethan Math”. Oh yeah, he approved this post after ensuring that we could print out the full size …