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Essays from January 2015

2 essays from January 2015

  1. A Scrum Master Podcast is born!

    Me and Luis Gonçalves, my partner at Oikosofy, will be premiering our Scrum Master Toolbox podcast this month! This is a Scrum Master podcast, where we interview guests from all over the world, and they share what they have learned in their careers. Today you get a first sneakpeek at the show! 🙂 Below is …

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  2. The Top 50 Agile Conferences of 2014, including Lean, Kanban or Scrum (and yes, also XP :)

    Every year many Agile, Lean, Kanban or Scrum (and even XP!) conferences are organized throughout the world. So many that it is hard to choose from such a large number. That’s why I decided to create the list of the Top 50 Agile Conferences for us who work in the IT field. I’ve decided to …

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What if better planning started with a different question?

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