The (long) answer to one of the questions I get asked the most

I get a lot of questions about training and certification, so I decided to write a blog post giving an overview on what is there (plus some advice on what I personally think is useful).   Scrum Master certification The most common and most widely recognised...

28 tasks of an Agile Coach

I am a fan of Bernd Shiffer’s “42 Tasks for a Scrum Masters job” and “37 Tasks for a Product Owners job”. I do not necessarily agree with every item or think the lists are complete, but  I have found though that it can help understand...

Are you a Product Owner and interested in UX?

Are you a Product Owner and interested in User Experience? If so, Xebia is organising a conference on UX that might be interesting. UXNL brings you the latest trends in the industry with inspiring keynotes by our heroes and much more. Learn from the world’s best UX...

To resize or not to resize. That is the question.

Re-estimating user stories in a Scrum team When working with a Scrum team as an Agile Coach or Scrum Master, I inevitably run into the  question what to do with user stories that are ‘left over’ (not completed) when the sprint ends. Should they be...

Scrum vs kanban

A couple of years ago I gave a presentation at a conference on the difference between Scrum and Kanban. I used prezi, here is the presentation: http://prezi.com/aganghvsaqz-/scrum-vs-kanban/ Jasper Verdooren