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User Stories are one of the most important parts of agile development. Yes, user stories replace those traditional requirements and specifications docs. But they do it in such [...]
Nothing is quite as frustrating as putting all your time and effort into an agile transformation and not achieving the expected results. You wanted more management of changing priorities, more project visibility, more team [...]
If only it could be that easy. But, like an actual rocket firing off into space, there is far more preparation to a successful agile launch than anyone [...]
Have you ever met with your development team, explained exactly what you wanted, and thought everyone was on the same page? Then the team “goes dark” for three, six, [...]
Deciding to embrace an agile process is one thing. Redirecting and refocusing your organization to implement and accept it is quite another.
Want to add a new software feature into an old product? Without redesigning or rebuilding it? You can do that easily… with Scrum. And, yes, you can do [...]
“What do you mean it won’t be ready for another six months?” “When am I going to see something that works?” “That’s not the app we wanted.” [...]
Find me on:LinkedIn Twitter Some companies think they can’t replace an app with a new version until the new version does everything the old one does.This is a huge [...]
In my experience, Scrum teams are rarely, if ever, “sitting on their hands.” Lack of visible progress can stem from multiple factors, none of them good when you’re [...]
An ideal vision of a Scrum team is one where every skill needed is represented, along with appropriate levels of expertise, within a single cross-functional group. This would [...]
The most important aspect of Scrum team structure, and sometimes the hardest to adjust to, is that there is no hierarchy within the team. It's important that managers give their teams the power to make the most appropriate decisions for their projects.
Find me on: LinkedIn I’ve written a lot about what goes on inside a Scrum team. About teamwork, servant leadership, and empowerment. I’ve also written about leaders on a [...]
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