Exceptional Circumstances by Rob Meyers
In our Business Driven Development (BDD) course, we use a real example of an online library patron portal. Course participants are provided with a number of (often vague) business rules regarding whether or not a book loan can be renewed. Some have to do with the state of the book (e.g., has another patron requested a “hold” on the book?) and others on the loan, itself (e.g., has this patron already renewed twice?).
If You Can’t Scrum You Can’t Scale
Two years ago, we posted an article about the “fuss” around Scaling Agile or Scrum. The fascination hasn’t diminished at all;, in fact, there are more organizations than ever rushing to “scale” Scrum. The reality is most of these organizations are simply not ready to scale Agile or Scrum. How can these organizations scale something that they can’t even define?
