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Is a product owner a member of the development team?
They can be. In start-up environments, they often are. The CEO or founder has an idea and then sets …
How is a product owner different from a project manager?
They are vastly different roles. A project manager is primarily concerned with the delivery of produ…
How is a product owner different to a product manager?
Often, a product owner is a product manager. It is the role that differs rather than the title. A co…
Should I do the CSM or the CSPO course?
Ideally, you would do both. To summarise, if you have anything to do with product development or pro…
What is a Scrum Team?
A Scrum Team is a complex problem-solving unit comprised of three roles. Scrum Master Product Owner …
What is the Agile Manifesto?
In February 2001, seventeen (17) individuals – considered to be some of the brightest minds in…
What is the difference between a Scrum Master and a Product Owner?
The difference between a Scrum Master and a Product Owner really boils down to their focus. A produc…
Do Senior Users Make Good Product Owners?
Few people would disagree that the Product Owner is a critical role in agile teams. That means that …
Is your Agile getting stale? Take the Mani-fresh-to Challenge!
TLDR; Everything changed in 2020, even the Scrum Guide got an update, but the Agile Manifesto didn’t…
Meetup: ‘Testing Business Ideas’ with David Bland
Live, online Agile Leadership & Business Agility Meetup hosting David Bland – co-author of Testing B…
Essential Skills – Critical Analysis
In a recent conversation with Tyrrell Basson from Manchester University, we explored the topic of ‘e…
Verified Scrum Foundations – Introduction to Agile & Scrum
So what is Agile? Agile is a methodology and mindset, commonly compared to Project Management, which…
An Introduction to Agile and Scrum – On Demand Course
This online and on-demand modular Introduction to Agile & Scrum is a condense, high-impact video…
Technical Debt
Part of the Covid Hack series by John McFadyen We all experienced massive disruption, complexity and…
Our Client Experiences – Testimonials for Agile Centre
We have pulled together a film of our client's experiences working with Agile Centre and how our str…
Belinda Waldock Technical teams are always striving for 100%
Technical teams are always striving for 100% In this video, Belinda Waldock explores the mindset of …
Customers and Developers in the same room. WTF?
At the turn of the 20th Century, the father of modern Business Management – Frederick Winslow …
The Business Agility Canvas
True success in large-scale change initiatives is a rare thing, which is why we created the Business…
Assessing Scrum Masters with our Capability Model
In the past year, we’ve left the EU, stared down a legislative dismantling of the independent contra…
How do I get the senior leadership team to buy into Agile?
‘How do I get the senior leadership team to buy into Agile?’ is a question I’m often asked. It’s a g…
Stealth Agile
I recently connected with Tyrrell Basson from the University of Manchester in one of my ‘Ask me Anyt…
Udemy: Introduction to Agile and Scrum by Agile Centre
Whether you've only just heard of Agile and Scrum and want to know more or you're a seasoned project…
Coronavirus and The Corner Shop – A Portrait of Agility?
If ever one wanted the ultimate portrait of a VUCA world – volatile, uncertain, complex, and a…
Agile Bootcamp #4 – Using Story Mapping to Teach Agile
Agile Bootcamp: User Story Mapping is a great technique to help teams explore their product scope an…
Agile Bootcamp #3 – Scrum Simulation with the Inception Deck
There are lots of ways to help introduce the concepts of Scrum to teams and to give them a chance to…
Agile Bootcamp #2 – Behind The Scenes at an Agile Bootcamp
The bootcamp is planned, the travel arrangements made and suitcases packed. Now, the hard work start…
Predict Success by Finding Problems
Success: Agile was supposed to make things easier. It was supposed to fix the problems of large proj…
Tony Richards – How big and small companies struggle with the same issue
John McFadyen talks to Tony Richards – How big and small companies struggle with the same issu…
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