The other day I read the great “Two Simple Secrets to Starting Every Meeting on Time”. Here @sabinanawaz presents two simple rules on “how to save time in meetings and be even more productive”: Meet for 45 minutes instead of an hour. Start meetings at quarter past the hour. One could say I’ve used the first rule for quite some time, but the meetings were set for 50 minutes. This has worked really well, but, after reading Sabina Nawaz’s post, I realise that the second rule gives extra room for preparation....

In July of 2016 the Scrum guide was updated, thus adding the Scrum values mentioned in the great “Agile Development with Scrum”. The text reads as follows, with me highlighting the five values: When the values of commitment, courage, focus, openness and respect are embodied and lived by the Scrum Team, the Scrum pillars of transparency, inspection, and adaptation come to life and build trust for everyone. The Scrum Team members learn and explore those values as they work with the Scrum events, roles and artifacts....

Both me and my wife have been recruited by Luleå University of Technology. As of September 1st she will begin her work as a Educational Developer with special responsibility for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at University Pedagogy Centre (HPC), and I as a Project Manager at IT Services (ITS) with responsibilities for the public and portal websites. We are both very grateful for these opportunities and look forward to start a new and exiting chapter in our lives....

Should Scrum Alliance contact me for a spot on their page “CSPs Changing the World” the following could be the text they might publish. Meet Jonas Bolldén CSP® Jonas Bolldén lives in Linköping, Sweden, and is a consultant for Sogeti Sverige AB. For you, what is the main difference between where you began as a CSM®, CSPO®, or CSD® and becoming a CSP? That would be confidence; added confidence is the main difference....

I rarely use projectors or computers while facilitating meetings. There are occasions where those kind of tools are perfect, but my main reason for not using them is my style of facilitation; I’m much more comfortable with a whiteboard (or a flip chart) and a set of coloured markers. However, there is one specific exception to this, and that’s when the meeting is related to the subject of Scrum. On these occasions I keep one image ready to be presented....