Why a Build Party?

• As Agile and Scrum move into the mainstream, people are using this approach to build many other things – beyond software.
• Build Parties are perfect for introducing agile concepts to an organization or to help practiced teams re-launch.
• Because attendees apply the Scrum framework to solve complex problems, build parties are a terrific way to win buy-in about agile practices.
• No Agile experience or automotive background is necessary.

You juggle your laptop bag, morning coffee and bagel as you walk into the office.  You are a Certified ScrumMaster at Jackson Industries, a privately-held company based in southern Minnesota.  You have been with the Company for over eight years and have served a number of teams as a ScrumMaster since your group transitioned to Scrum three years ago.

Are you resistant to change?  One of the reasons people attend Collaborative Leadership Team’s courses is to learn a different way of working.  Many, however, spend the duration of the course trying to figure out how to make Agile and Scrum into exactly what they are doing currently.  Angela Johnson, Certified Scrum Trainer and Agile Coach shares information she recently learned about why change is so hard.

I had a great conversation with Rick Waters on the subject of modifications to Scrum that make us cringe.  Sprint 0 and Story Authors topped the list.

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I was walking to my clients’ office in downtown Minneapolis, when I spotted the man in the corner office. He looked smug in his three piece suit, staring down at us civilians on the street. The man in the corner office was literally on ‘top of the world’. Okay, maybe not the world, but the top of Minneapolis.