tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post5173710930785036871..comments2023-07-29T09:15:17.416+01:00Comments on allan's blog - Agile & Digital Business: Heresy: My warped, crazy, wrong version of Agileallan kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06262139490250478379noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-1409914542052233602014-01-09T17:18:43.901+00:002014-01-09T17:18:43.901+00:00Thanks Simon
Submit form is Google's doing, n...Thanks Simon<br /><br />Submit form is Google's doing, not much I can do about that... well I could move this blog to another provider, maybe...<br /><br />Hypocrite, maybe, at least I'm aware of the possibility.allan kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06262139490250478379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-78671201287644116992014-01-09T16:31:34.251+00:002014-01-09T16:31:34.251+00:00Hi Allan,
Hopefully not anonymous this time.. (na...Hi Allan,<br /><br />Hopefully not anonymous this time.. (naff submit form)<br /><br />Yes, I still think I'm right.. its hypocritical :)<br />Simon Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-71984330930358445122013-12-23T08:49:50.128+00:002013-12-23T08:49:50.128+00:00Thanks Anonymous, I hope Google knows who you are ...Thanks Anonymous, I hope Google knows who you are and can tell you I've replied otherwise I'm wasting my time.<br /><br />I'm glad my post provokes some thought, much of it is indeed hearsay but I think we should talk about these things more.<br /><br />Of course there are people with Scrum Master jobs, when I say "I don't believe in Scrum Masters" I'm not denying these people are employed as such. What I am saying is that I agree with Ken Scwaber when he says: "The Scrum Master fills the position normally occupied by the project manager. I’ve taken the liberty of redefining the role."<br /><br />That is the way I think most organizations interpret the role and I don't think good project managers would disagree with much in the Scrum Master role but they might claim some of that for themselves. I don't believe a Scrum Master is more than a particular type-of Project Manager.<br /><br />As for my certification: Yes, you can interpret this as hypocritical. Yes, for all the good it has done me to date my "Certified Kanban" status may well be a con. I've held this status for about a year and as far as I can tell it has made no difference to my work. In fact, you, Anonymous, are the first person to even comment on this certification so you might well be right.<br />allan kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06262139490250478379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-17528919488727643882013-12-20T15:00:24.668+00:002013-12-20T15:00:24.668+00:00Allan,
I was going to post up quite a lengthy res...Allan,<br /><br />I was going to post up quite a lengthy response to some of this but then I realized I am in fact a bit annoyed and would have only been pointing out the obvious holes because of this statement..<br /><br /> • I don’t believe in Scrum Masters; where Scrum Masters exists I think they are a kind-of Project Manager; and I believe Scrum Master Certification is a con (but I would, wouldn’t I?) that is potentially damaging the industry and Agile<br /><br />Allan, I have always found that its necessary to have someone on the team who ‘clears the path’ otherwise there's too much noise on the team. Scrummasters are usually very busy people with a lot to juggle and very little of it has anything to do with Project Management. I like you believe certification is a con.. But then I notice you are a Certified Kanban Chappie… is this not slightly hypocritical? Especially when Kanban (as it pertains to software) is not especially complex i.e. I'm not convinced it really justifies having specialist trainers.. of which you are one.<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-41590834218407949012013-07-19T15:24:29.213+01:002013-07-19T15:24:29.213+01:00My comments:
1) I don´t think the sheer existence...My comments:<br /><br />1) I don´t think the sheer existence of Scrum Masters is an evil in itself - the problem arises when people expect behavior and/or results from an SM that would be otherwise better suited for a Project Manager - and then, all the effort to separate the responsibilities of a PM in three different roles go down the drain;<br /><br />2) POs far more important than SMs - agreed! In the long term, the PO is indeed more critical to a project success than the SM, but in the short term, I also believe that the SM should be present, because in the end he is the one with the responsibility to ensure that Scrum is properly understood AND applied. Looking from this perspective, one could say that one of the main tasks for a SM is to help the PO and make sure he understands what is (really) expected from him, and enable him to take the decisions/attitudes to make a project/product a successful one.<br /><br />3) I don´t believe in "your own version of Agile" - when a topic rises and discussion seems to be walking to a deadlock, I usually tell people who work with me to get back to the basics, and in this case, the basics I am referring to is the Agile Manifesto. However, I do agree that Scrum is not to be taken off the shelf - and as a matter of fact, I believe that the Scrum Guide itself encourages this approach, by stating that Scrum is a framework, and not a methodology. <br /><br />It is really a pity I have only come to know about your blog today - very good posts! Hope to participate more.<br /><br />Thiago.Thiagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00795184484291518448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-4019463059527713762012-02-13T06:39:24.222+00:002012-02-13T06:39:24.222+00:00This is the first time that I read your blog and I...This is the first time that I read your blog and I think you are right, absolutely right.Lucas Eugenio Ontiverohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081379624932345830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-6703663973053943682012-02-10T11:22:12.893+00:002012-02-10T11:22:12.893+00:00on projects: I believe this idea of projects was i...on projects: I believe this idea of projects was imposed upon software development by other parts of bsuiness. I did an incremental development workshop recently for non-developers in a business: finance, hr, etc. The feedback that I got from finance and HR was that they didn't believe this way of working is effective. They said that we don't have any control and the only way to get it is to plan a an entire project up front. I'm sure this works for us but generally doesn't work for creating software. <br /><br />on scrum: I'm hearing of teams who are having scrum imposed, rreplacing their own process. For one team, the old process worked. Scrum isn't working for them and the people doing scrum now have appraisals that judge their performance against the documented process. If they are doing a good just, but aren't following the official process they get poor scores in their review. This seems very anti people to me. Of course, this isn't scrum's fault. It's a problem with management.Edward Heretschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06905153355475532220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-21955562468454525552012-02-10T11:01:26.521+00:002012-02-10T11:01:26.521+00:00Thanks Jason, links now fixed.
Thanks Scout :)Thanks Jason, links now fixed.<br /><br />Thanks Scout :)allan kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06262139490250478379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-56848221562342962262012-02-09T23:02:41.005+00:002012-02-09T23:02:41.005+00:00The Blue-White-Red and Xanpan links are brokenThe Blue-White-Red and Xanpan links are brokenJason Yiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08286768587936088382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-43975117425908375182012-02-09T20:53:10.788+00:002012-02-09T20:53:10.788+00:00Allan, I seriously believe this is one of your bes...Allan, I seriously believe this is one of your best posts yet. <br />Love it.Agile Scouthttp://agilescout.comnoreply@blogger.com