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BONUS – What we need to change the software industry

In this special episode, Vasco Duarte announces the first-ever Global Agile Summit in 2025, scheduled for May 18-20 in Tallinn, Estonia.

After seven years of organizing virtual Agile summits, the team is taking the next big step with an in-person event bringing together practitioners, leaders, and innovators from across the Agile community.

The summit will feature three packed days:

- Day 1: Hands-on workshops with thought leaders
- Days 2-3: Parallel tracks focused on Business, Product, and Development

This practitioner-focused event emphasizes real-life success stories and practical implementations of Agile methodologies. Past summits have featured renowned speakers like Marshall Goldsmith and Gojko Adzic.

Early-bird tickets are available now at 40% off the full price (just 497€), exclusively for you, our most committed community members and podcast listeners!

Perfect for:

- CTOs and CPOs
- Engineering and Product Leaders
- Tech Leads and Product Managers
- Consulting Companies
- Agile Teams

Learn more and secure your spot at GlobalAgileSummit.com

Excelling at the Product Owner role, one Summit session at a time. Join the waiting list for the upcoming mini-summit

Product Owners are central to both the vision and execution of projects, yet this role comes with its own set of unique challenges.

Scrum Masters can provide support with team dynamics, facilitation, or even organizing some critical product work, like user interviews. However, even the Scrum Masters will need the Product Owner’s leadership, and focus! Continue reading Excelling at the Product Owner role, one Summit session at a time. Join the waiting list for the upcoming mini-summit

What you need to learn about being a Scrum Master, but will never get from a CSM course

No matter how many courses you attend, there are things that, as a Scrum Masters, you only really learn the important lessons on the field. Doing the work.

One of the reasons I don’t think certification courses are enough for Scrum Masters that certifications courses very often focus on the rules and regulations of the job, but not on the problems, the hardships and the obstacles we face, day-in, day-out when we try to do a good work as a Scrum Master.

So, what can we do when courses aren’t enough? Read on!

Continue reading What you need to learn about being a Scrum Master, but will never get from a CSM course

The Agile Advantage: How to Succeed with Agile in Business Intelligence Projects

Tired of BI projects stuck in the slow lane? Dive into the fast and furious world of Agile! 🚀

If you want to know how your projects can be adaptable to the inevitable changes, how you can deliver value quickly (even in less than a week), and incrementally, and if you want to learn about how to create a collaborative environment, even under pressure of deadlines, this is the book for you! And you can download the first three chapters now!

Whether it is a Big Data project, or simply getting some market or sales data to your sales people, BI (business intelligence) projects are critical for most companies today.

These projects are often manned, and managed by IT departments, which don’t have the same resources or access to Agile consultants as Engineering departments do. However, IT-led, or business-led internal software projects need to be Agile as much, if not more than, engineering departments today.

Introducing “How to Succeed With Agile Business Intelligence” – your ticket to Agile BI success. Packed with battle-tested methods and Agile tools, this book is your secret weapon for steering data-driven projects through the Agile maze.

Download the first 3 chapters of the book, and start reading now!

Continue reading The Agile Advantage: How to Succeed with Agile in Business Intelligence Projects

What you need to learn about being a Scrum Master, but will never get from a CSM course

No matter how many courses you attend, there are things that, as a Scrum Masters, you only really learn the important lessons on the field. Doing the work.

So, what can we do when courses aren’t enough?

Continue reading What you need to learn about being a Scrum Master, but will never get from a CSM course