Are estimates really a part of the Scrum framework? — Estimates are considered by many as an inseparable part of Scrum. Today I’m going to bust that myth along with some curious anti-patterns around the estimates. Recently a friend asked me how to improve their team estimations. The team has worked together for some time now and has been performing…

Do you invite the PO to your team Retrospectives? — Do you invite the PO to your team Retrospectives? Recently I faced a situation where the PO was explicitly uninvited. No hard feelings, they understood. My suspicion is that they were actually relieved. One meeting less, right? I was stunned. How do you intend to improve anything if an important…

If you ask ten people who the Product Owner is, you’ll get ten different answers. Who are the CPO, PO, and PM? — Today I converse with David Pereira — a popular Product Leader, prolific product writer, and a CPO, Chief Product Officer, in omoqo. We talk about the roles and accountabilities of Product Owners, Product Managers and, of course, the CPOs, Chief Product Officers, as I can’t let this opportunity pass…

What is Product Operations practice and how it can help you solve your product problems? — Today I have the pleasure to talk to Anabela Cesario, a Product Ops Leader and a Chief of Staff to the Chief Product Officer in Outsystems. Anabela bootstrapped the Product Operations in Outsystems, creating the practice from zero. And today we will talk all about Product Operations, what it is…

Let us take you on an Agile learning journey… — Nyland and I talk about leadership, Scrum Master and Agile Coach accountabilities. We explore if anyone cares about certifications anymore, and talk about professional courses. What makes us become good Scrum Masters? Nyland, who has almost the full suite of Scrum.org certifications, explains what Road to Mastery is and how…

On Serious Scrum Community and Agile Leadership — Recently I had the pleasure to talk with Willem-Jan Ageling, a Senior Agile Coach at Worldline and the Co-Founder of the Serious Scrum Community. One of the most vibrant independent Scrum communities globally. We talk about how Serious Scrum came to be and what Agile Leadership really is.

For successful product delivery, we need to let go of control and the fiction of having control over the future — Welcome to the Serious Scrum Conversations where I talk to my colleagues from Serious Scrum and we talk all things Scrum and Agile. Today I have with me one of my Product Management gurus, Paweł Huryn. Paweł is also from…

Is it a matter of hate it or love it? Or is there a third way? — Let me tell you a story of two teams — Team Carpe Diem and Team Planner. The story of two teams Team Carpe Diem has a loose approach to Refinements and Sprint Planning. Sometimes they would have them and sometimes they wouldn’t. Oftentimes they would take a…

Scaling Agile is easier than you think. How to run a meaningful Scrum of Scrums. — How to scale Agile? How to make sure multiple teams working on the same product, usually in Scrum or Kanban, are in sync and aligned? Which leads to — what is Scrum of Scrums and how to conduct it? …