It’s often said that Scrum is an empirical process so the question is, is that true and if so what does that really mean?
Empirical
Means that the information is collected by observing, experience or experimenting.
Empirical process
Is used for handling processes that are complex and not very well understood.
So let’s look at how it’s defined.
An empirical process [...]

The purpose of Unit Testing is to verify for the developer that a software unit does what it is supposed to and is fit for use. The confidence that the developer gets, gives the developer courage to do other useful practices like Refactoring.
Unit testing is often used to test complex units with one or [...]

Jim “Cope” Coplien is the inventor of Organizational Patterns and author of several books on the subject. Cope currently works as a consultant and is often asked to assist with organizational improvements. Cope is a frequent speaker at conferences and a reoccurring favorite at Øredev.
He is a man with strong opinions and I was curious [...]

So we have a recipy for the team. But this is just not enough. We need to make sure that management and everyone else is on board. The second part of the Scrum Shock Therapy presents a bootstrapping recipe on how you can do this.
The first part of this series can be found here: Scrum [...]

The Øredev conference was a real success. I’m involved in it ,so that probably makes me biased:-). However, I struggled for the first 10 minutes of my presentation to get my slides on the projector. A tip for you Mac users out there: Plug the adapter (dmi to vga) into the VGA cable first! I [...]

Just a quick note on Scrum Shock Therapy. I will give a session on this subject at the Øredev conference on Tuesday at around 10 o’clock. If you can make it I will talk about the whole shebang – recipes for the team, management and organisation.
I’d love to get your feedback. See you in [...]

Scrum consists of a straightforward process, half a bunch of roles and a few artifacts. Sounds simple enough, but according to an online poll 3 out of 4 projects that call themselves Scrum fail to implement even the simplest parts. To make matters worse, most of the mistakes are on the simple side of things. [...]

Jeff Sutherland has piercing blue eyes – friendly, but probing – and a frequent smile. They are a bit like a distant uncle who wants to know what you have made of yourself.
After several CTO assignments at various companies, Jeff Sutherland found himself at Easel corporation where he created Scrum together with Ken Schwaber. Ken [...]