A holiday message from Dirty Fingers
It is easy to get discouraged at the office. There are lots of mean, petty, and crazy people. You also have to cope with bureaucracy and office politics. As a scrum master, these
Leadership
Making a difference
The other night I was having dinner with someone who worked as a nurse. I understood what they did for a living and when they discussed their work it was easy to understand
You can't fight mother nature
This has been an unusual week. My off-shore development team has been offline because of horrible flooding in Chennai, India. I have been worrying about the health and safety of my teams which
Product owner anti-patterns
Every scrum master must look for anti-patterns in how product owners do their jobs. In a perfect world, the product owner and the scrum master are like siblings working toward the same goal.
When the Mad Hatter gets sick and tired.
The work of a scrum master is full of details, stress, and strain. This week, it caught up with me, and I wound up in the hospital suffering from food poisoning and inflamed