by Jeff Sutherland | Jul 31, 2012 | Blog | 
While he was updating his paper for Scrum “Shock Therapy,” Scott Downey of Rapid Scrum found one of the original emails he wrote about how he boosted dozens of teams into hyper productivity. He comments below and the full paper was published as: J....				
					 
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Jeff Sutherland | Feb 10, 2012 | Blog | 
Several people have asked me for the Scrum Checklist we have used for years, created by Henrik Kniberg at Crisp in Stockholm. The earlier version was a mindmap. The current version is a Scrum Checklist. I’ve used it for assessment in OpenView Venture Partners...				
					 
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Jeff Sutherland | May 1, 2011 | Blog | 
  How Happy Are You? In a Boston Suburb, It’s a Census Question Rick Friedman for The New York Times Residents of Somerville, Mass., like Jamie Thatcher and Maddie Carlson, are being asked to rate their happiness on a 1-to-10 scale. By JOHN TIERNEY, New York...				
					 
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Jeff Sutherland | Dec 27, 2010 | Blog | 
Happiness Metric Process Improvement Priorities – ScrumInc 15 Dec 2010 Scrum, Inc. was a small company hosted by OpenView Venture Partners in Boston from 2006-2010. As a two person Scrum using Pivotal Tracker as a Scrum tool, I was a remote Product Owner...				
					 
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Jeff Sutherland | Nov 17, 2010 | Blog | 
On 17 November 2010, the keynote presentation at ScrumDay in Berlin was on how to systematically create hyperproductive teams. Slides are available at the link below. Available also is the Systematic Ready Ready Checklist for Product Backlog discussed during the...