Category Archives: SCRUM
Quality time by Qnation in the Copenhagen Aquarium
I am thrilled to be invited to the Quality time session organised by Qnation. The session will be held on a special location, the national aquarium of Denmark. While we look out over the sea, I will tell you about … Continue reading
“We need to understand the scope of this freaky thing.”
Recently I had an interview with Marcella Koopmans about the book “Waves of agile, value delivery in medium and large organizations. Marcella lives in New Zealand and is the head of Agile for her company. She is an Agile enthusiastic … Continue reading
InflectraCon 2020 – Get inspired about what’s on the horizon for technology in 2022 and beyond!
The program of the InflectraCON™ 2022 is announced. And I am proud to be part of it! Set in the heart of the US’ s capital, InflectraCON 2022, is a two-day multi-track conference celebrates all aspects of Software Development, Testing, … Continue reading
You got an issue? Check-it!”
I met Daniel Maslyn at the Agile Testings Days, held in Potsdam Germany. Together we settled down in the (empty) pub of the hotel, and I asked him for his opinion. Daniel is a Passionate and Creative test professional. He … Continue reading
Speaking at Agile DevOps East 2021
I am thrilled to announce my contribution to the Agile DevOps conference that is organized by TechWell coming November. I will speak about refinement and how to unlock its potential. Good refinement makes development more predictable, leads to better solutions, … Continue reading
Agile-thougths July edition: Waves of Agile
Agile-thoughts is a free online magazine that aims to disclose experiences and enable meaning-full connections. The editors collect treasures from bold agile thinkers and share them with their readers. Yesterday the July issue of Agile-thoughts has been released. Since the release date … Continue reading
Launching my new book: The waves of Agile
On 5 July I will be presenting my new book: The waves of agile, Value delivery in medium and large organizations. In a free webinar we will celebrate that the book is finished. Join me in this event and I’ll … Continue reading
Speaking on Agile at the corporation expo (CorporatiePlein 2020)
On 24 september the CorporatiePlein was held. With more than 500 registrations from employees of housing corporations, its the largest and most visited online event for housing corporations in the Netherlands. I gave a presentation about agile. In my talk I explain … Continue reading
Speaking on Agile at the housing corporation expo (CorporatiePlein 2020)
Today the CorporatiePlein will be held. It’s the trade fair for professionals in the housing corporation business. With more than 500 registrations from employees of housing corporations, the tenth edition of CorporatiePlein will immediately become the largest and most visited … Continue reading
Agile Business Day Venice – A sneak preview
On 11 and 12 September the Agile Business Day is being held. Two days of conference with a great line-up of speakers. I am proud to be one of them. This week I have been preparing my talk on refinement, … Continue reading
Role agreement in scaled multiple team organizations
For the Agile Alliance I wrote an experience report about how to overcome the struggling many organisation have in getting the various roles in place. In this experience report I will share my approach with striving for role agreements. The … Continue reading
The 3 waves of Agile
In januari we published two articles on the Bits & Chips website. This month the two parts are published in the hardcopy magazine as one integrated story. I think it looks great! In the article I describe how I see … Continue reading
Scaling Agile with SAFe – An experience story by Randy Soet
Yesterday we organised a Squerist Agile Knowledge Session at our office in Veenendaal. With 25+ colleagues we gathered for diner and a story on the agile journey of Randy Soet from Achmea. Randy is MT member and manager of three … Continue reading
18 Questions to Ask for Better Backlog Refinement
Refinement is time spent during the current sprint discussing and elaborating product backlog items so that they are ready for future sprints. Unfortunately, many teams do not unlock the full potential of refinement. Backlog items should be sliced, and a … Continue reading
The role of the Agile Coach in the 3rd wave of agile – part 2
Two weeks ago Bits & Chips published the first part of my new article on agile transformations: The role of the agile coach in the 3rd wave of agile – part 1. I am pleased to share the second part … Continue reading
Derk-Jan de Grood 