I just enjoyed an interview with a Masters in Project Management student at Bond University in Brisbane Australia, Marcos Marciel Sgoria. His research on Agile in Manufacturing companies led him to read Paolo Sammichelli's fantastic book, Scrum For Hardware, and that introduced him to both...
Read MoreTwo very interesting questions arrived today back to back. Some others on the internet may enjoy these questions, and possibly even my answers: - How to “scale” the MVPs/solutions coming out of sprint teams. How does the MVP get transferred to the line and implemented? What’s the...
Read MoreA recent class graduate wrote me, checking if the new team Scrum Board at her medical devices company was right to set the teams up for fast iterations and tight focus. "For the daily scrum I have set up the board as such: Stories | Task...
Read MoreWith more and more emails asking how to best set up machine learning teams, data formatting teams, and deep learning teams using Scrum, I'd like to point folks to a video short I recorded on the topic (https://www.scruminc.com/scrum-in-ai-artificial-intelligence/) with my colleagues at Scrum Inc. I...
Read MoreRecently another research study, this one from Germany, requested a QnA on how Scrum Hardware is changed from Scrum. As these questions come up regularly from the professional and academic community, I thought I would share: 1. Is ‘SCRUM by book’ directly applicable to complex mechatronic...
Read MoreA Full Stack developer commands a salary premium over any specialist, in any domain. Simply Hired is just one of the online real-world salary big-data dashboards that shows this to be true. The business benefit of full stack developers is also the driver of development...
Read MoreWe are often asked about how best to Scrum sales groups and teams. First, is it worth training the sales staff in Scrum? We've seen sales double rate of deal closure then double that again by running aggressive scrum. We've seen even better product to market match...
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This guide is an early release draft. Please add any suggestions for improvement in the comments. Purpose This guide serves to define Scrum in Hardware with specific technical practices and patterns to achieve rapid releases and short iterations in Hardware. Any company can utilize this guide and...
Read MoreEver wondered if deep specialists in specific fields are most productive on teams with similarly skilled people or a wide variety? A similar question came in from a client in today: >> I will complete my Product Owner training today. The course I am taking is...
Read MoreThis week I was messaged on LinkedIn about how to deliver new machinery designs without finance or resources. Wikispeed is famous for this, and some folks may be interested in our conversation: >> My problem is finance and resources. I have the basic architectural options...
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