NOPE. Scrum Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Not Working (For You)
A dialogue from the movie NOPE goes like this: What if I told you that today you’ll leave here different. I’m talking to you. Right here, you are going to witness an ab
Spring spillover? Try “Swarming”
We all know that scrum teams are made up of individuals with cross functional skills that commit to completing the sprint backlog as a team. Instead of a traditional Project M
Yesterday’s Weather
The weather today will most likely be the same as the weather tomorrow Yesterday’s weather is an Extreme Programming (XP) term to keep teams from over committing during sprints a
How to (Really) Improve Process Efficiency
The definition of process efficiency is essentially “the amount of effort or input required to produce your business’s product.” For instance, if it takes 300 workers to make
OPTIMIZING SCRUM VELOCITY
Viewed from Agile, the Scrum velocity is a measure of a team’s productivity towards delivering features over time. Velocity is calculated by Story Points in a Fibonacci View
GETTING BEST ESTIMATES OF STORY SIZE
In software development, effort estimation is the process of predicting the most realistic amount of effort (expressed in terms of person-hours or money) r
Personal Value Stream Mapping
As a project manager, a scrum master, a team lead, or even as an agile coach I’ve wondered from time to time about the true value that I bring to a team. You see, to me it is ent
Winning a war without firing a single shot!
Agile transformation, undoubtedly two words that strike fear into the heart of any product organization. It should be an exciting time, with tough conversations, compromises,
Sprint planning for an interrupt-driven team
Many teams have at least a moderate ability to plan and control their time. They’re able to say, “We will work on these things over the coming sprint,” and have a
What is a “Sprint Goal’?
…you are ready to embark on a Sprint, and you are planning it in Sprint Planning. The objective of a Sprint is to deliver value to the stakeholders. However, simply following