Frontmatter: The Leanpub Author Stories Podcast

Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley are the authors of the Leanpub book Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems. In this episode of the Frontmatter podcast, Ryan and Todd share their individual career journeys to becoming expert trainers in the Scrum framework and their deep insights in how to improve when things go wrong in your organization. Ryan, based in Indiana, reflects on his time working in various industries, including work on medical devices, and the pivotal moment when he was introduced to Scrum in 2010 during a training session with Ken Schwaber, co-creator of Scrum. Ryan describes how this experience transformed his approach to project management and led him to embrace Scrum as a core practice in his work. Similarly, Todd, based in Maryland, recounts his shift from software development to becoming a product owner and his introduction to Scrum, which helped him streamline processes in various projects. The episode covers the origin and evolution of Scrum, which began with the 1