Welcome.
I’m glad you are here.

Hi. My name is Michael Vizdos and I’m here to help you to learn how to “Focus. #deliver”.

If you are reading this website and live / work in (or near) Richmond, Virginia, please read more about how we can work together here; if you are outside of Richmond, Virginia, no worries — I can and DO travel both nationally and internationally working with clients!

Please review my bio (Michael Vizdos) if that’s of interest or contact me anytime (you’ll get directly to me, I promise).

While You’re Here

I know you are busy and thank you for spending a few moments virtually with me.

Take a look around a bit here; I promise you’ll learn more about a few topics.

What kind of topics can you learn more about here?

Keep scrolling and reading [please].

Learn About Implementing Scrum And Agile Techniques

I’ve been doing this “Scrum and Agile Stuff” for most of my 30+ year career (you can view my professional background on my LinkedIn profile).

Please read about how I approach services with my clients and dig deeper into what I offer for consulting and training; however, you can read — for free — the concepts and observations I share while we are Implementing Scrum in the real world (just like you might be doing) every day.

Implementing Scrum

Back in 2006, I started publishing “Scrum Chicken and Pig Cartoons.”

They kinda took on a life of their own and the site ImplementingScrum.com was born. We created over a hundred comic strips and I blogged about it weekly-ish from 2006-2011. Fun times.

Today, the only way to currently receive the cartoons is to subscribe to my Saturday morning emails (I promise, it’s worth your time!). Since I practice Scrum on a daily basis with our team and clients around the world, I usually share some key observations — with a related Scrum Cartoon — every Saturday morning. You don’t need to actually read my emails to you on Saturday morning — they’ll be in your inbox for reading and reference anytime you want. But… you’ve gotta subscribe to get them (and yes, you can unsubscribe any time).

Your Personal Journey Of Implementing Scrum

If you’ve read this far (thank you!), be aware we might be on different paths in our “journey” of Implementing Scrum in the real world.

Interested in learning more about why this context matters?

I’ve shared some specific information to help you based on “where you might be today”:

The Scrum Guide - Audio Book, YouTube Playlist, & Interactive Online Version

Besides my weekly Saturday morning emails (with millions of them sent to people over the years), you can:

The latest version of the Scrum Guide — in 2024 — is still the 2020 Scrum Guide published by the co-creators of Scrum (Ken and Jeff).

You can read about the revisions from their past 2017 Scrum Guide if you are interested in learning what’s changed in this most current edition of the Scrum Guide.

Additional Resources To Learn More About Scrum

I’ve published a few more Scrum Resources might be helpful for you:

Learn How To Do Less And Increase Your Productivity

Focus. #deliver

I read. A lot (probably too much but that’s my problem not yours lol).

I’ve also learn a lot over the years and share some of the things I use that might help you increase your productivity.

This “Focus. #deliver” concept started somewhere in 2012ish timeframe.

I started by using it as my “signature” in most LinkedIn postings, blog articles, and any speaking engagements I deliver around the world.

The good thing is you can get some of that goodness (wisdom?) from me for free. How?

A few years ago, I started publishing weekly articles via a LinkedIn newsletter with one actionable tip to help you increase productivity by doing less.

Sounds counter-intuitive, right? Yeah, I know.

You can peruse my summary of the “Focus. #deliver” articles that are available today.

I’ve also published a few articles and overviews of some of the books on the topic that might help you get more done by actually doing less:

What Next?

Phew.

You made it this far in the “wall of text” that many of my counterparts say is a bad thing to do.

The important thing is you are still here (thank you!).

You probably realize by now I am a pretty unconventional person. So, there's that.

Do I want you to buy something from me / pay me for my services?

Yes. Please do.

How?

You can:

Really though, while I’d love if it you do any of the above things, that’s probably not why you are reading this right now.

So.

Please spend some time browsing the information I’ve shared with you above.

But wait… before you go, please do ONE or all of the following:

And.

Contact me today. Let’s talk. I promise it’ll be a sales-pressure-free conversation between the two of us. Really.

I sincerely appreciate you taking your time reading this right now.

Thank you.