As President of the Swiss Agile Association, I was pleased to have the opportunity recently to attend and represent the SAA at the Project Management Institute (PMI) EMEA Congress 2018 in Berlin, Germany. As I am sure you are aware, the Project Management Institute (PMI), is one of the world’s leading project management organization with […]
The Swiss Agile Association presents The Agile Fluency™ Game in Switzerland
The Swiss Agile Association is pleased to announce that the Agile Fluency™ Game is coming to Switzerland. We are often asked how teams and organizations best approach adopting agile practices. Teams new to Agile development often find themselves surprised by frictions arising from the cultural shift, technical debt or simply struggling to make time to learn […]
What is “Scrum” – The Scrum Framework
The Scrum Framework One of the questions we are often asked is “what is Scrum” and is it “Agile”. Scrum The Scrum framework (Scrum) is a popular framework for developing, delivering and sustaining complex products. Scrum was developed by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland, it is offered freely and supported by a large international community […]
Agile Metrics: the Ultimate Guide
Agile Metrics – the important and complex art of counting Metrics is one of the most discussed (and quite possibly misunderstood) topics in the field of Agile Software Development. This excellent article by XSCALE Alliance member Leon Tranter of Extreme Uncertainty provides a comprehensive guide, covering nearly every possible metric you could potentially want to use, and tell you […]
Meet the Swiss Agile Association Board – Prof. Dr. Andres Claudius Pfister
Prof. Dr. Andres Claudius Pfister Education director Personal profile Andres Pfister holds the position of Professor of Leadership at the Institute of Applied Psychology IAP at ZHAW one of the leading leadership development institutions in Switzerland. Current role(s) and activities He is a lecturer in the MAS Leadership & Management course (Topics: Leading with Goals, Problem […]