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Chris Sims

Chris is a Scrum enthusiast located in Birmingham, AL. He loves helping early Agilists grow into skilled practitioners.
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The Agile Search for ET

A leader’s job is to facilitate education and infrastructure improvements, empower teams, and manage change as the entire organization works to continuously improve. Achieving agility is a major investment, but the beauty of Agile is in its team-driven momentum. When done well, driving innovation doesn’t involve pushing teams as much as it does getting out of their way.

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Agile – The Secret is in the Sauce

It’s not just the organizational structure and processes that will make a company function well. This is where you also have to deal with culture. Ultimately, the recipe for the sauce is to be deliberate when you are creating organizations, systems, processes, and culture.

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From My (Chris) Bookshelf

In my coaching and training, I’m often asked for a recommended reading list. I’m a firm believer that we always have room to grow and

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CAVU in Action
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Hello, CAVU!

Companies unable to master the fast pivot struggle to succeed. Over the past few years, Sigao has trained hundreds of Scrum Masters, Product Owners, entrepreneurs, and leaders. What

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Never Give In

Even with Stay at Home orders subsiding, saying we are still in “uncertain times” seems to minimize the reality the world is facing. At Sigao, we’re experiencing the fear and uncertainty of the time, but a core tenant of Scrum, and, tenacity has allowed us to keep moving onward and upwards.

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Commitment vs. forecast in Scrum

Much has been said about the difference between commitment and forecasting. In the scrum guide, the concept of “committing” to work was replaced with “forecasting

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