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Jeff Sutherland Talks Shock Therapy for SCRUM

On March 5, I attended a presentation by Jeff Sutherland, co-creator of Scrum, on Shock Therapy for Scrum.
Scrum Butt
Shock Therapy was introduced because most teams that think they are doing Scrum are actually only doing Scrum Butt – “We are doing Scrum, but we don’t do all of Scrum for some reason or another”. Perhaps [...]

Scrum and Prince2

The best explanation of Scrum and Prince2 that I’ve read is by Scotty Wakefield:
Scrum and Prince2: working together?

Introduction to SCRUM

At my work now, there is a wave of agile revolution going on. Some people (including myself) are really excited about this. I’ve worked with XP and really enjoy the productivity that comes with teamwork, continuous integration, etc.
I gave the following presentation at work and would like to share it here:

introduction-to-scrum.ppt

RESOURCES:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(development)
5 minutes intro: http://www.softhouse.se/Uploades/Scrum_eng_webb.pdf
glossary: http://www.scrumalliance.org/articles/39-glossary-of-scrum-terms
very [...]