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Don’t forget the developers!

Silk and Spinach

In many of them I see a familiar pattern: The managers and business analysts are sent on courses and sent to conferences and given books to read; most of them change their job title to things like Scrum Master or Product Owner; they create their plans using “stories” written on post-it notes, and they organise their projects into Sprints.

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AoAD2 Chapter 4: Investing in Agility

James Shore

Another popular approach is the facilitator-coach , often called a Scrum Master , 3 who leads from the sidelines by facilitating conversations and resolving organizational roadblocks. 3 The name “Scrum Master” originated in the popular “Scrum” method. They often stem from outdated views of software development.

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Lean Software Development: The Backstory

LeanEssays

We were in a conference room near the Waterfront in Cape Town. “I my husband Tom declared just before I was scheduled to open the conference. Thus instead of copying lean manufacturing practices, lean product development practices must evolve from a deep understanding of fundamental lean principles adapted to a development environment.