Traveller or Gardener: Agile Architecture at KPN

What is an Agile Architect? The role of architects in an Agile organisation has been a topic of debate for a long time now. What is ‘Agile Architecture’? The Scrum Guide only provides information about the Scrum team itself. Different Agile Scaling...

Bad (?) news: The Scrum Master role is not going away

There seems to be a big misunderstanding about the role of the Scrum Master going around in the Agile community. The phrasing people use differs a bit, but it always comes down to this: “When you start a Scrum team, you need a Scrum Master, but after the team...

The ‘Spotify model’ is not a model. Here is why.

The so-called Spotify model is usually mentioned together with SAFe and Less as a scaling model. It’s not, actually. Let me explain. Since the Spotify Engineering culture video came out in 2014, it has been taking the Agile world by storm. And rightfully so! I...

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...