Scrum is probably the most popular agile method right now in the USA. The power of Scrum is its simplicity. There are only a handful of Scrum rules and so it is easy to get a team started with Scrum [1]. And yet Scrum can unleash the potential of a team and dramatically improve its productivity within weeks. A Scrum team works on one project at a time and Scrum provides a toolkit to cut through complexity so that everyone can focus on doing their job rather than fending off multiple drains on their time.
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Rachel Davies
Rachel Davies specializes in coaching teams in agile software development and has experience in managing teams, requirements analysis, and programming in several languages. Rachel is a frequent presenter at, and organizer of, industry conferences and she also serves on the board of the AgileAlliance. She is coauthor of the book Agile Coaching.
Rachel has provided guidance to a number of companies to assess their agility level and… Read More
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