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The case for slack

Some while ago, J.B. Rainsberger posted a case for slack, and that you might be sabotaging your peoples training. I think it was Kent Beck who pointed me to the self-similarity of nature in eXtreme programming explained. In this post … Continue reading

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Scrum Norris

Yesterday evening there was a thread of scrumnorris going over twitter. Since these messages were in German, let me translate them. Chuck Norris is ScrumMaster and ProductOwner – simultaneously. Chuck Norris can do 6-month sprints. Chuck Norris wears Timeboxershorts. Chuck … Continue reading

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Not a process

Alistair Cockburn told us about a research in the UK on Scrum. He pointed out to the student, that Scrum is not a process, but something different. This made me thoughtful and I decided to elaborate some more on the … Continue reading

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