Taking Scrum Into the 21st Century

The Scrum Guide now says that Scrum is based on Lean. However, there is little in Scrum that incorporates Lean thinking. This talk will present a minimal set of Lean principles and two concepts that will greatly improve your Scrum adoption. This talk is for Scrum adopters who want to improve how they use Scrum. This talk will focus on steps to take to improve Scrum. While it won't talk negatively about Scrum, it will show you how to go beyond it when called for. AGENDA Why Theory Is Essential? Essential first principles: Delays in workflow & feedback cause extra work to be created. Working on small items results in quicker feedback than working on big ones. Large queues cause delays in workflow and feedback. Working beyond capacity causes delays which cause extra work to be created. Two essential concepts derived from Lean but missing in Scrum: The Minimum business increment The value stream impedance scorecard and how to use it to decide which of several practices will work best for the team 🎓 Learn More Books: https://successengineering.works/books https://successengineering.works/ampl... https://successengineering.works/bein... https://successengineering.works/the-... Being a Professional Coach Podcast: https://successengineering.works/podc... Workshops: https://learn.successmentorsu.com/pag... 🎯 Connect with Al Shalloway Twitter:   / alshalloway   LinkedIn:   / alshalloway   Join the community: https://learn.successmentorsu.com/cou... #agile #lean #projectmanagement #agilecoach #agilecoaching