Last Friday I travelled to Woodstock, Oxfordshire to spend the morning talking about Scrum with a dozen or so representatives of OLM Group, the UK's largest independent supplier of social care products and services (including Bettercaring, which I believe my friends at Enable originally built — nice one, fellas).
One of the divisions of OLM Group is already using Scrum, so the morning was really an opportunity for me to acknowledge the good work that group is already doing, honor their courage for undertaking such a cultural/paradigmatic change, and to reinforce the organisational/business value Scrum can help teams deliver by agreeing to follow just a few simple rules (i.e. make everything visible, frequently inspect outcomes and adapt the process as necessary).
I love simple rules because as chaordic visionary Dee Hock once said:
Thanks for having me, OLM!
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I arranged and attended this training and just wanted to say "Thanks for all your help — your energy and passion for Scrum really showed and you seemed to convince all that attended that Scrum was for us!"
It was good to take time out of the day to remind myself of my role in Scrum.
Had some positive feedback from others that attended the course — so thanks on their behalf.
Posted by: Tanya Rackham at September 26, 2008 02:00 PMYay! Really glad to hear it, Tanya. Thanks :)
Please let me know how things go for you in your next sprint!
Posted by: Rob at September 26, 2008 02:25 PM
