People need mastery and purpose, not bonuses

Pay people enough that they don't have to worry about money, and they'll perform well. Don't bother with monetary incentives beyond that. Want people to perform better? Establish an environment that encourages masteryand purpose. That's the essence of this great video from the nice people at the RSA.Thanks to Jeff Sutherland for the pointer.

By |2023-04-22T21:12:56-04:00June 29th, 2010|Uncategorized|Comments Off on People need mastery and purpose, not bonuses

Sprint length: it’s all about batch size

What is the ideal sprint length? I've been thinking about this a couple of ways. First, what is your definition of Done? For my teams, Done means, concisely, it can be deployed in production, and people can use it world-wide. Then, think about your minimum batch size. How much work do you have to do [...]

By |2023-04-22T21:12:56-04:00June 17th, 2010|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Sprint length: it’s all about batch size

If You’re Not Done, You’re Not Agile

Done is the crux of doing Agile well. You can do all the Agile activities--the iteration planning, the daily standup, the burndown--and still suck. But if you focus on getting things Done, two things happen. First, you start to actually get stuff done, and you can recognize your success. Second, when you don't get stuff done, [...]

By |2023-04-22T21:12:57-04:00June 10th, 2010|Uncategorized|Comments Off on If You’re Not Done, You’re Not Agile

Scrum and Agile lack credibility outside our community

At the Scrum Gathering in Orlando, we talked about company management as an impediment to the adoption of Agile and Scrum within organizations. Within the Scrum/Agile community, we are all believers and advocates. We network within our community. We publish data that support the adoption of Agile and Scrum, and we trust the data because [...]

By |2023-04-22T21:12:57-04:00June 1st, 2010|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Scrum and Agile lack credibility outside our community
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