Scrum Articles

Professional Scrum Master x Agile Scrum Foundation! This article is for many people who asked me which Scrum certification I recommend: Professional Scrum Master (Scrum.org) or the new Agile Scrum Foundation (Exin)? My answer always starts with: What are your purposes with this certification? If you want to get a general knowledge about Scrum and Agile, you are starting with those things and want
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After delivering many products using Scrum, we start to figure out why scrum simply works. The main reasons, in my opinion, are listed below and I hope it may help you to convince your boss to allow you to adopt scrum on your team or company! I think you must try it. So, Let’s Start it: Reason
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eLearning Scrum Course is a good alternative for everyone! I hope you enjoy it. Some people ask me about e-Learning Scrum Course and this week I reviewed the MPlaza eLearning Scrum Course. Here are my impressions: The topics are very interesting and it has many practical subjects really useful for the day-by-day situations, for example: agile
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Hello Team! After doing a lot of Daily Scrums Meeting in last 5 years, I would like to share with you what really is working for me in this event. I hope these points help you too on your products: Do the Daily Scrum Meeting in front of Kanban or the Sprint Backlog: doing this the
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Passing Professional Scrum Master AUDIOBOOK for you. As I promised I am still reviewing interesting material to help people passing the Scrum.org PSM I Exam.  At this time I analyzed the “PSM I Preparation Training Manual Audiobook” It is part of a complete bundle called Professional Scrum Master Certification Preparation Program provided by Management Plaza
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The Sprint Planning Meeting is very important and the hardest event in Scrum, in my opinion. In this event the development team learns about the product backlog and choose which items will be developed during the sprint, generating the necessary tasks for it. There are some tips bellow to help you on your next Sprint Planning Meeting. This tips has
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Professional Scrum Master Simulated Exam Review! Every week I receive at least one email asking me to give some extra advices to help people passing on PSM I Certification, besides the tips I already gave on my article “How to pass Professional Scrum Master I (PSM) certification test in #6 steps”. After answered a lot
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Como sabemos, o objetivo do Product Owner é direcionar o time em relação às funcionalidades que o Produto precisa ter, explicando (e especificando) as mesmas a fim de atender as necessidades do cliente ou da oportunidade de mercado que se tem em mente. Pensando nisso, gosto muito de comentar sobre os livros abaixo. Todos eles fazem com que comecemos a
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Comece o ano aprendendo a Gerenciar seus Projetos e Produtos de forma Ágil, alcançando o Produto Mínimo Viável em pouco tempo e aumentando o Retorno sobre o Investimento para você e seus clientes. Ao longo disso, transforme sua Equipe em um Time Vencedor e faça a diferença no Mercado. COMO ? Através do Treinamento de
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Novo Guia Scrum em Português! Olá Pessoal! Este post será em português, pois a novidade é toda nossa. O Novo Guia Scrum em Português para Download – PDF foi disponbilizado! [Editado 26/07/2016 : Time a versão 2016 do Scrum Guide acabou de ser disponibilizada em Português. Clique aqui para ter acesso a ela] A Scrum.org acabou de publicar a nova
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Hello Comunity! Today I am sharing with you my Planning Poker Cards template. Basically its two word documents:  front and back templates. How can you use them? Step #1 – Buy some business cards papers on A4 size (21 x 29,7 cm), with 2 columns and 10 cards on each paper. Each card must have 9,5 x 5,5 cm.
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Pass Professional Scrum Master PSM certification! As I promised, follows below some tips to pass in Professional Scrum Master PSM I test certification – the Professional Scrum Master certification provided by Scrum.org. It worked for me and now I am sharing with you! So, let’s start! Edited: If even after these points you does not feel prepared to do the Professional Scrum
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What about our future projects! The first time I saw the new linkedin functionality called “Skills & Expertise” I really get anxious to discover what was that! After some researches and searches I realized it was a kind of report about the user’s skills, about our future projects! Basically, it shows: 1) the growth about that skills
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Após várias reuniões de Dayly Scrum, divido com vocês o que realmente funcionou e está funcionando nos projetos SCRUM que participo. Espero que esses pontos também ajudem vocês em seus projetos. Por favor, deixem seus comentários sobre a aplicação dessas estratégias em suas empresas para discutirmos as mesmas. Vamos a elas: 1. Realizar a reunião
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A reunião de Sprint Planning é muito importante. Através dela, o time de desenvolvimento conhece o backlog e escolhe o que conseguirá desenvolver naquela sprint, gerando as tarefas necessárias para isso. Para realizar essas ações, seguem algumas dicas percebidas ao longo de vários projetos realizados: 1. Apesar do Scrum Guide orientar que esta reunião, para
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