Growing Into The Space Between These Roles This is Part 1 in a 2-part series. It’s often a confusing space… are you a Product Manager, a Product Owner, or a Scrum Master? Many times you are all of these, no matter what your job description or title actually states. This blog is about how bridging…

Go From Zombie to Operating System This is Part 3 in a series. Part 1: 4 Warning Signs Your Agile Release Has Slipped into “Zombie Agile”. Part 2: The Ultimate Stress Test For Your Agile Release Train. If you’ve read the first two posts in this series, you already know the diagnosis. Your Agile Release…

A Scrum Master’s Story of a Team That Forgot How to Feel This story starts off with when my Scrum team lost its spark. I knew something had shifted during our last retrospective. It was our first since losing Steve to another company. Steve was the quiet anchor of the team… our high‑performing developer who questioned…

Protect Your Agile Release Train During Reorgs, Leadership Turnover, and Enterprise Turbulence In this follow-up to 4 Warning Signs Your Agile Release Has Slipped into “Zombie Agile”, we focus on how to use the ultimate stress test to identify Zombie Agile in your department. In Part 1, we exposed the warning signs of Zombie Agile.…

Growing Into The Space Between These Roles This is Part 1 in a 2-part series. It’s often a confusing space… are you a Product Manager, a Product Owner, or a Scrum Master? Many times you are all of these, no matter what your job description or title actually states. This blog is about how bridging…