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Hello. This is a different type of thing where I use memes to communicate ideas with some writing. So not exactly a blog.
Sep 19, 20242 min read
Stop delivering features, start delivering value
Many projects fail before they have even begun. You're part of a team, and the scope arrives. You're expected to deliver on that scope as...
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Jun 25, 20243 min read
Where will you be in your career five years from now?
Where will you be in your career five years from now? Will you be an experienced Scrum Master? Will you take on a developer or business...
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May 8, 20244 min read
The 3 Scrum Master Delivery "rules"
The people who hire us, don't really care about Scrum or Agile. The people who are hire us do care about making an impact. I have learned...
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Mar 21, 20241 min read
UPDATE: "Data skills for Agile teams: Killing story points Workshop" - New Dates for May 2024!
Hi all, After a small handful of successful workshops, we are continuing to teach the data skills for Agile Teams workshop. We are...
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Mar 13, 20242 min read
Is this THE most important metric for Scrum team success?
In the world of metrics, we can feel overwhelmed with what to measure! What also makes it hard is that it's not just picking out the...
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Feb 16, 20241 min read
How to drop story points, velocity & burndowns: Join us to learn how!
Please message me directly on coachjemjelly@gmail.com to book a space. Alternatively find me on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coa...
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Feb 13, 20242 min read
The forgotten Scrum Master Skill: Business analysis
Business analysis is often seen as a skill primarily for product owners, right? Well, in an ideal world, we’d also enjoy consistent...
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Feb 12, 20243 min read
Scrum Masters are out of the market but....
You might be able to change that. Let's first look at why so many companies in 2024 have fallen out of love with the Scrum Master. What...
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Apr 29, 20221 min read
Scrum Master as Donkey
When I thought of Scrum Masters, I would think of people who are smooth, serious, calculated & measured in all things that they do. They...
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Apr 11, 20223 min read
What does a coach, Scrum Master, Comedian & fighter have in common?
If you don't fancy reading this & prefer the quick video version, here. . Watch your favourite comedian perform & you'll notice before...
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Dec 7, 20213 min read
The Biggest game changer for Teams during this pandemic?
Nearly everyone is working remotely in this virtual world & it gets harder and harder for teams - especially new teams - to get connected...
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Dec 3, 20211 min read
10 Reasons why your virtual Daily Scrum sucks.
These problems below are explored & answered in a pretty short video! This can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yckuduy2
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Dec 2, 20211 min read
The Worlds' most terrible Agile Metric...
Is the one which focuses on measuring the activity of a team or an individual. Motion, movement & activity are bullshit measures that...
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Nov 23, 20214 min read
The Scrum Master conundrum
Pick your poison Scrum Master. Which will it be? The enforcer: If people don't want to do Scrum, I will get you to do Scrum because...
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Jun 5, 20211 min read
When Scrum Glasses impede your vision...
I've previously spoken about Scrum being akin to an eye test - when you put your Scrum specs on, you get to see what's going on. You...
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Oct 16, 20201 min read
Honestly, there's bigger fish to fry.
It's what it says on the tin! For the inspo behind this topic, go here: https://tinyurl.com/y6z6lmal Thanks, Jem
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Oct 1, 20201 min read
Scaled Agile fails because...
I see it time & time again. The 'transformation' gets rolled out, new words come into play, new frameworks & methods forced (sorry...
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Sep 15, 20201 min read
We need less Agile Experts & more Agile Coddiwomplers
Colloquially speaking, 'expert' is to have most ~& if not all of the answers. Complexity doesn't work like that. Thats why we need more...
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