Scrum Bubbles

Month: July 2013

  • Recommended Agile Reading

    From time to time, I will review and/or list books that I find helpful.  I don’t have time to go into a full review while I’m on my lunch break, but right now I’m re-reading The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software (Pragmatic Programmers), by Jonathan Rasmusson.  It’s a great back-to-basics book for those…

  • How to Give a GREAT Demo!

    One of the major tenets of Agile is the Product Demo.  As we all know, agile encourages us to demo at the end of our sprints.  This is done for several reasons.  Not only does this keep us accountable to our customers, but it helps us to focus on forward thinking.  At many companies, it…

  • User Stories: Make ‘em SMALLER, please!

    User stories are the building blocks of whatever project we’re working on, are they not?  They give structure.  They give solidarity.  They stand things up.  Epics are the larger, overall stories that lay the foundation.  When building something, it is prudent to have the larger stories on the bottom and the smaller stories on the…

  • Welcome!

    Hello and welcome to my first blog post on Scrum Bubbles!  I know there are LOADS of scrum resources out there, so thanks for stopping by. Let me start by telling you why I decided to join the hoards of scrum blogs.  I love being a scrum master.  Pure and simple.  I love to keep…