ACHILITY | Being Agile In A Spicy World

AGILITY:
Dishing out Value –
Reacting to change

Current Musings

How Waterfall made me a

Scrum Master

It’s 2016. My teams are a devastating sight yet we all know, the next project will be just as bad. Then we implemented Scrum and Oh My God…

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Henrik Kniberg

Generative AI in a Nutshell

Henrik Kniberg examines the topic „Generative AI and how to survive and thrive in the age of AI“ in his video. Happy thriving everyone.

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Scrum Mastery

Misconceptions of a Role

Inappropriate expectations of the Scrum Master role can hinder the effectiveness of Scrum and the overall success of agile projects.

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The Misuse and abuse of

Story Points

Are you a Story Point?
Have you been misused and abused?
Know you are not alone.
Call 1-800-STORY-POINT right now.

1-800-STORY-POINT

Improving lives with

5-Star-Hospitality Scrum

An authoritarian General Manager, a rigorous top-down structure, mistakes can be punished by wage deductions. Is Scrum even possible in this environment?

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Down with the Bling

The Product Owner

More important than a 100% cross-functional team is a Product Owner who knows his salt and who knows when and how to say No. So, there is that.

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And Waterfall Dies In Darkness

Terryll Garrison

Hi, I’m Terryll. It’s nice you are here.

Since 2016, I am a certified Scrum Master with Scrum Alliance (CSM)
and also hold the Scrum Master and Advanced Scrum Master certificate with Scrum.org
(PSM I and PSM II).

To have more tools at my disposal, I’m currently studying for the Professional Kanban certificate with ProKanban.org and will be looking into FlightLevels in early 2025.

I do help teams and organisations to maximize their value output and I love what I do. I love working with people, challenging as it sometimes can be and rewarding as it always is.

I’m currently working remotely as a Scrum Master for AvaFin and have a decade long experience working as a Project Manager/ Producer in Games.

I’m based in Malaga, Spain.

Some LinkedIn Love

Under Terryll’s leadership, we were the first team to implement Scrum and an agile mindset in the studio. It was such a relief from our Waterfall way of doing things. His incremental approach to Scrum implementation took away the fear of transitioning and made sure the changes lasted even after he left the studio. I miss working with him.

Richard Towler

Lead Designer

Als Terryll zu uns kam, nahm er sich einen Monat Zeit um zu verstehen, wie wir bei BASTION arbeiten. Dann hat er mit dem Team einen Plan ausgearbeitet, wie wir auf Scrum umstellen können. Das Team macht mittlerweile ScrumBan, arbeitet völlig selbständig und Terryll ist auf Teamebene kaum mehr involviert. Die organisatorischen Veränderungen, die er eingeführt hat, sind beachtlich und positiv.

Eva Flammensbeck

Co-Founder at BASTION

I’ve been working with Terryll for several years in Reflections since his day one there and it’s always been great! We did a 2-days scrum master certification with Scrum alliance together and I still remember the look in his eyes at the end of it: it was like a new world opened in front of him! Since then he’s been applying Scrum to his work and teams with huge successes. You can see that it quickly became his passion/obsession. He’s incredibly flexible in his work style, quickly adapting his tone depending on the people he works with. I’d be back working with him straight away if I had the chance!

Pier Tortorelli

Senior Producer

As my lead, Terryll gave clear directions and resolved any issue that was blocking my work quickly. Even though we are now an ocean apart, through our work a true friendship has developed that lasts to this day.

Alex Remotti

Technical Art Director / Technical Director

I have worked with Terryll for many years on various creative projects, and I’m always impressed by how he creates a safe space for his team members. Terryll ensures people feel heard and supported, enabling them to express their opinions confidently for the benefit of the product or project. I highly recommend Terryll.

Lorna Evans

Psychotherapist

About Achility

Achility is my blog. It’s where I write down what I learn, discover and encounter as a value driven Scrum Master and Agile practitioner.

Some posts and treasured videos also serve as a resource for Scrum Teams I work with.
My writing is often “hyperbolic” to get a point across and to make it easier for teams to memorise the things I find important.

Me? I’m Terryll, born in the US, raised in Germany, currently living with my wife Eva and our daughter Sascha in Malaga, Spain.
Welcome to Achility.
It’s lovely you are here.

Terryll