Adopting Agile and Scrum specifically is no easy feat. In fact there’s a lot of failed Scrum adoptions out there. What are those problems that prevent our Scrum adoption from succeeding? And most importantly, where should we start when working with a new team or organization? In this episode we discuss the best way to get started with Scrum. Vasco shares with us the 2 steps that every Scrum Master should start with in a new team or organization.
About Gunther Verheyen
Gunther left consulting in 2013 to partner with Ken Schwaber, Scrum co-creator, at Scrum.org. He represented Ken and Scrum.org in Europe
Gunther left Scrum.org in 2016 to continue his journey of Scrum as an independent Scrum Caretaker.
Gunther believes that Scrum - the most applied software development framework - will not only increase the value that software delivers to organizations but is also a way to re-humanise the workplace for people.
Gunther is co-creator to Agility Path and the Nexus framework for Scaled Professional Scrum.
You can link with Gunther Verheyen on LinkedIn and connect with Gunther Verheyen on Twitter.
About Vasco Duarte
The regular host of the Scrum Master Toolbox podcast Vasco Duarte joins Gunther for a reverse interview this week.
Vasco is on a journey to transform product development organizations into product business organizations. He does that by focusing the work of the product development teams on the end-to-end life-cycle of their products. From Concept to Cash and Back!
He is currently a Managing Partner at Oikosofy.
Product Manager, Scrum Master, Project Manager, Director, Agile Coach are only some of the roles that Vasco has taken in software development organizations. Having worked in the software industry since 1997, and Agile practitioner since 2004.
You can read more from Vasco at his blog: http://SoftwareDevelopmentToday.com
You can link with Vasco Duarte on LinkedIn and connect with Vasco Duarte on Twitter.