White House Issues New IT Contracting Guidance 21 Jul 2012 | 09:50 pm

Greater Accountability and Faster Delivery Through Modular Contracting Posted by Joe Jordan, Steven VanRoekel on June 14, 2012 at 03:29 PM EDT Last week, we highlighted a number of ways in which ref...

Happiness Metric: The Effect of a Bad Boss 20 Jul 2012 | 08:35 pm

Bad bosses are one of most damaging factors in companies leading to unhappy employees which directly affects customer satisfaction and lowers revenue. One of the the primary effects of Scrum is to eli...

DoD Goes Agile 18 Jul 2012 | 07:52 pm

With waterfall failure after failure, even the government has decided to make Agile development a priority. Some people have a hard time believing this but I just want to take you through what happene...

Don't Wait. Just Begin. 12 Jul 2012 | 12:42 am

Sometimes when I talk with people about starting up a Scrum team, or transforming their organization to Scrum, they get paralyzed. They think there are just so many things to do before they can start ...

Using Scrum For Organizing Your Life 30 Jun 2012 | 12:06 am

One of the most amazing and rewarding things to me is how Scrum is being used not only in software development, but in all sorts of areas, from schools and churches, to everyday. After I realized Arli...

Happiness Metric - The Wave of the Future 23 Jun 2012 | 02:32 am

Update:  The Happiness Webinar archive is available. We review the extensive research behind this topic. ScrumInc used the happiness metric to help increase velocity over 500% in 2011. Net revenue do...

Can Robots Do Scrum? Waiting for the Model S 15 Jun 2012 | 02:55 pm

Enabling Specifications: The Key to Building Agile Systems 3 Jun 2012 | 02:04 am

Previously, I discussed the notion of "Agile Requirements" and this concept is embedded in the Nokia Test. There is not a definition of Agile Requirements that is commonly agreed upon, so I now use a ...

Taking Happiness Seriously 30 May 2012 | 09:56 pm

In preparation for our upcoming webinar on The Happiness Metric we've been doing a lot of research into how the world's leading thinkers are addressing the issue. Earlier this Spring, the Earth Instit...

Joe Justice Builds a Car in 90 Days with Scrum 24 May 2012 | 04:02 am

Many hardware designers ask how they can do Scrum for hardware development. This is the future for hardware. Software will be a key component and the hardware design will need to change every sprint. ...