PinnedIt is I!👋 Sander Dur typing here, awesome of you to read my profile! I’m passionate about everything that is related to business agility, especially the people aspect. I’m an advocate of bringing back humanity to the workspace again. 🏢 I work as a Lead Agile Consultant at Xebia. Besides loving my…About Me1 min readAbout Me1 min read
Published inSerious Scrum·Aug 5, 2022Member-onlyWhat Scrum Teams Can Learn From The Ferrari F1 2022 Season So FarThe 2022 F1 season has introduced a new array of aerodynamic rules. The cars look and behave vastly differently compared to last year’s and that poses both challenges and opportunities for Formula teams. One of the biggest revelations at the beginning of the season was the car design Ferrari had…İnnovation4 min readİnnovation4 min read
Published inSerious Scrum·Jul 7, 2022Call For Participants — the State of your Scrum TeamsAfter writing roughly 60 articles, it feels almost natural that writing a book would be a great next step. Ryan and I figured that besides our regular consulting gigs, teaching Scrum.org …Management2 min readManagement2 min read
Published inSerious Scrum·Jun 13, 2022Member-onlyWhy your customer should care about ScrumLet’s face it, your stakeholders couldn’t care less about Scrum or whatever framework you’re using. And I understand that. They just want to get their needs met. Scrum is not one of their needs. If you go off to buy bread, you don’t care how they made it. You just…Productivity4 min readProductivity4 min read
Published inSerious Scrum·May 9, 2022Member-onlyScrum explained: Technical debt vs undone work“Let’s release it now”. Peter Product Owner says. “But Peter, we haven’t tested it yet. We don’t know if it works with all the other Increments, we don’t know if the user would accept it, we haven't even done the regression test.” the developers reply concerned. “Well,” Peter answers, “I…Productivity4 min readProductivity4 min read
Published inSerious Scrum·May 6, 2022Member-onlyScrum: Dealing With Fixed Date, Fixed Budget WorkEven though many organizations now understand the mechanics of the Scrum framework, the adjoining change in approach to product delivery is often harder to grasp. Just the other day the traditional question arises: can you deliver product X by this deadline, within budget? Ah, the old, trusted iron triangle. We…Productivity4 min readProductivity4 min read
Published inSerious Scrum·May 4, 2022Member-onlyThree things NOT to do as a new Scrum MasterCongratulations, you landed your first job as a Scrum Master! You’re looking forward to helping your Scrum Teams and organization on their journey to work with this popular framework. You’ve packed your sticky notes (’cause that’s what Scrum Masters carry around, right?), you know the Scrum Guide by heart, and…Productivity5 min readProductivity5 min read
Published inSerious Scrum·May 1, 2022Member-onlyDon’t treat Scrum as the fixer of everythingScrum is by far the most popular framework these days. In fact, the 15th Annual State of Agile shows that 66% of respondees use this particular framework. What this survey does not show, is what my experience does show: the implicit expectation that frameworks will solve your issues. I…Technology4 min readTechnology4 min read
Published inSerious Scrum·Apr 8, 2022Member-onlyFive books to level up your product skillsEvery year, tons of books are being published on product development, business agility, Scrum, and anything related. I try to read and absorb as much as I can, but I sometimes fail to finish a book completely. Kanban suggests “stop starting, and start finishing”. Maybe I should apply that to…Productivity7 min readProductivity7 min read
Published inSerious Scrum·Apr 6, 2022Member-onlyWhy you should treat your Sprint Review like a Formula 1 RaceThe Formula 1 season is two races in. Finally, after months of waiting, the biggest traveling circus in the world has started to unfold. 10 teams have started to prepare for that moment even far before the last season ended. Listeners of the Mastering Agility podcast know that I’m a…Product Management4 min readProduct Management4 min read