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THE PRODUCT OWNER AND THE "CEO" OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

In my previous article I worked on the question if the Product Owner can be considered the CEO of the product. I received a lot of...

THE PRODUCT OWNER - "CEO OF THE PRODUCT"?

The title, picking up Ben Horowitz’ idea in “Good product manager/Bad product manager”, may seem provoking to some of you in the context...

THE SCRUM MASTER - THE MIRACLE CURE FOR YOUR AGILE? YES! BUT... (PART2)

Part 1 of this mini-series was intended to illustrate you how significant the impact can be that a good Scrum Master can have on the...

THE SCRUM MASTER - THE MIRACLE CURE FOR YOUR AGILE? YES! BUT... (PART1)

"The Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide. They do this by helping everyone understand Scrum...

THE SCRUM GUIDE - A FIRST AID KIT WHEN YOUR AGILE TRANSFORMATION IS IN TROUBLE?

"Easy to learn while difficult to master" Anyone of you who ever took a Scrum class has heard this, I bet. The Scrum guide, by its...

AGILE VALUES - HOW THE SCRUM PILLARS CAN HELP MAKE THEM REALLY ACTIONABLE

The transformation towards an agile way of working is way more than just teaching and applying a new framework with a new set of rules...

AGILE VALUES - VITAL SIGNS HELPING YOU KEEP YOUR AGILE TRANSFORMATION HEALTHY

Working as a consultant I have supported many teams and organisations on their agile transformation journey. Accompanying these teams, I...