Homage from my fellow Scrum Masters

I'm getting notes from all over the Scrum community regarding recent Scrum posts. I thought I should share a couple with you.

Kane Mar—who was the Scrum trainer who ordained me a Scrum Master—wrote from his travels abroad to say...

"I love your articles, especially the flying pig story! I'll have to find a way to use it in my future training courses. I'm also glad to hear that your team is on schedule and doing well—congratulations!"

Kane's a great guy—a little stubborn at times—but a great guy. I highly recommend that everyone read his two-part series on Technical Debt. It may open your eyes to some things you hadn't thought of before.

In Canada—where Decade Software has a sister company—Developer Mark Levison writes...

"Instead of just talking, HL Arledge is building a real product. He has a number of interesting posts. Here are two: Pigs fly everyday at Decade Software Company and Dev Team burning down Decade Software in June. HL just picked up another subscriber in me."

Of course, it should read: "HL Arledge and his team are building a real product." A Scrum Master without a solid team will drown faster than a sailor without a ship.

Mark has some thought-provoking articles at Notes from a Tool User. One I enjoyed recently touched on retrospectives in the software industry.

And last but not—you know the drill—my friend, Joel "on Software" Spolsky says that he is looking to hire a web designer. Don't fall for it! He needs a guinea pig to test the theories in his new book, Smart and Gets Things Done: Joel Spolsky's Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent.

Someone should remind Joel that the time to test is before you deploy.