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by Rowan Bunning on March 7, 2011
Busting the “No Specialists on the Team” Myth
There is a line in the Scrum Guide that says: "The team of people performing the work of creating an Increment is the Development Team.…
by Rowan Bunning on January 20, 2016
Seven Agile adoption problems with LeSS solutions
Over the last few months I have been speaking in Sydney, Auckland and Wellington about Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS). I’ll be speaking about this in Melbourne…
by Rowan Bunning on November 22, 2018
With PRINCE2 Agile, the victim is Agile – Part 1
Let’s start with a question. Which would you rather your organisation were more like: To boil it down to simple choices: if a) then choose…
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by Rowan Bunning on January 16, 2025
Announcing Adapt WithStyle. What does it Mean for You?
Scrum WithStyle has adapted! We’ve adapted into Adapt WithStyle. Welcome to our shiny new website at adaptws.com.au. Watch the announcement video. The new brand means a new focus The new brand reflects that we’re not just about Scrum. Engagements over…
by Rowan Bunning on January 14, 2025
Why Improve your Capacity to Adapt? – an Executive View
Featuring dramatic political change, wars, and natural disasters, 2024 was a turbulent year in the world at large. It would be safe to bet that 2025 is going to be not just as turbulent, but more so. So too in…
by Rowan Bunning on January 7, 2025
Adapt WithStyle Launches Targeted Consulting Services to Enhance Organisational Adaptability
Sydney, NSW, January 8, 2025 – Scrum WithStyle has rebranded as Adapt WithStyle. This marks a strategic shift from Scrum training to boutique management consulting and leadership coaching. Rowan Bunning, Managing Principal at Adapt WithStyle, stated: “After years of ineffective…
by Rowan Bunning on November 19, 2020
2020 Scrum Guide Change Summary
We now have a new 2020 version of The Scrum Guide! This was released publicly on the 18th of November 2020 (US time) during an online event that celebrated 25 years since Scrum was presented in 1995. As a Scrum Alliance guide,…
by Rowan Bunning on January 19, 2020
ING improves on the so-called Spotify Model using LeSS.
Cesario Ramos began the opening keynote at the 2019 LeSS conference with the statement: "We improved on the ‘Spotify Model’ that ING took in" From that moment, the significance of this keynote presentation was clear for the many organisations with…
by Rowan Bunning on January 19, 2020
Inviting you to change your language to avoid resistance
At the start of a new decade, it seems apt to pause and reflect about how we are approaching change in the workplace. If you were hampering the effectiveness of the Agile adoption through the words that you use, would…
by Rowan Bunning on December 7, 2018
With PRINCE2 Agile, the victim is Agile – Part 2
Part 1 outlined my experiences with Scrum in a PRINCE2 environment and outlined a number of conflicts between PRINCE2 Agile and Scrum as well as Agile principles. In Part 2, we look at likely conflicts from a roles and organisational design…
by Rowan Bunning on November 22, 2018
With PRINCE2 Agile, the victim is Agile – Part 1
Let’s start with a question. Which would you rather your organisation were more like: To boil it down to simple choices: if a) then choose PRINCE2 and forget Agile. Actually, even then PRINCE2 may not be a good way to go.…
by Rowan Bunning on January 20, 2016
Seven Agile adoption problems with LeSS solutions
Over the last few months I have been speaking in Sydney, Auckland and Wellington about Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS). I’ll be speaking about this in Melbourne too on August 19. An angle on this topic that I find particular relevant for…
by Rowan Bunning on March 7, 2011
Busting the “No Specialists on the Team” Myth
There is a line in the Scrum Guide that says: "The team of people performing the work of creating an Increment is the Development Team. Regardless of the work performed by individual team members, they are known as Developers." Schwaber…