ANNOUNCEMENT: For the first time in Australia, ScrumCraft becomes an Authorised Agile Education Provider (AAEP) powered by Scrum Inc and endorsed by Dr. Jeff Sutherland, Co-creator of Scrum and Scrum@Scale. Adelaide based ScrumCraft, a renowned company in Australia specialising in agile training and agile coaching services, is thrilled to announce its new status as anContinue reading “ScrumCraft becomes Australia’s first AAEP.”
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Sustainability Commitment
Sustainability @ ScrumCraft Our commitment to sustainability to foster a better tomorrow through our actions today. At ScrumCraft, we are committed to promoting sustainability in all aspects of our operations. We recognise the urgent need to protect the environment, conserve resources, and contribute to a greener future. As an agile coaching and training company, weContinue reading “Sustainability Commitment”
12 Agile Principles
We have created this infographic of the 12 agile principles based on the original agile manifesto with some modifications for our clients context. To reference the original please visit https://agilemanifesto.org/ but the reason why I modified them here was due to feedback about the use of some agile terms losing the audience, particularly those whoContinue reading “12 Agile Principles”
Agile Manifesto Values
Just going to put this thought here for now… Does the original agile manifesto pose an agile values conflict? Can you have things on the left in balance with the things on the right? The first CSM trainer I had way back when, would have had me believe that we dont care about the thingsContinue reading “Agile Manifesto Values”
How to be predictable without estimation
Estimating knowledge work (e.g. software development) has always been a big challenge. Developers and team leaders try to help managers and clients to predict budgets, prioritise, and meet the goals by estimating the amount of time, money, and effort of the work. At least that is the theory behind the estimation, however, in reality whenContinue reading “How to be predictable without estimation”
The Six Trumps
I was on a training session a while ago and found myself doodling, by the way this is normal for me as I like to take notes and pictures as it is part of my learning style, I was paying attention…honest! The course content was reflecting on the concept of DIMWiTS to articulate The 6Continue reading “The Six Trumps”
The difference between Work Item Type and Classes of Service in Kanban
One of the first challenges for those who are new to Kanban is to differentiate between Work Item Type and Classes of Service (CoS). First, we need to step back and see why we need these concepts in the first place. In Kanban, everything is organised around the customer and a service delivery team thatContinue reading “The difference between Work Item Type and Classes of Service in Kanban”
Is method bashing the new inquisition.
I have pondered for some time my thoughts and feelings on method or framework bashing. On one hand everyone is entitled to an opinion and we should show openness to other points of view. However, in some cases, how these opinions are delivered can be considered borderline bullying and disrespectful. I have been a studentContinue reading “Is method bashing the new inquisition.”
ScrumCraft with Agile Education
ScrumCraft joins the global Agile Education Program powered by Scrum Inc. The Agile Education Program powered by Scrum Inc curriculum was developed from Dr. Jeff Sutherland and Scrum Inc.’s 20+ years of experience delivering twice the value and impact at half the cost in organizations around the globe. Only Scrum Trainers by Scrum Inc areContinue reading “ScrumCraft with Agile Education”
ScrumCraft partners with Zip
Since its beginning, ScrumCraft has held a single mission which is to demystify agile at scale. As we grow we recognise that our mission should grow us to reflect our ongoing commitment. One of these is at the core of what we do naturally because it is “built-in” to our values and principles. We wantContinue reading “ScrumCraft partners with Zip”