How to Conduct an Agile Assessment
Conducting an agile assessment is a way to evaluate how a team is improving its ability to be agile over time. Learn how to conduct one here.
The Product Owner Role in Agile, and at Ascendle
The Product Owner role is essential in any Scrum team, especially here at Ascendle. Interested in joining our team? Learn more about the Product Owner position here.
Why Using Scrum Leads to High Performance Teams
Since Scrum's introduction in 1993, it has revolutionized the way that organizations operate. Scrum teams are self-motivated to produce consistent results that they are proud of.
The Importance of Sharing the Same ‘Definition of Done’ with Your Software Development Partner
Agreeing on a definition of done with your development team is critical to prevent delays and produce consistent results. Learn more about what we include, and how we use the definition of done.
Enterprise Innovation – Why is It So Hard?
Larger organizations may find enterprise innovation hard, especially if they follow a traditional waterfall framework. Read more to learn how a Scrum framework can help.
How an Agile Methodology Facilitates Innovation
What makes the agile methodology so powerful is its total focus on delivering business value at every step of the development process.
Implementing Enterprise Agile: Rethinking How Things Get Built
It is necessary to reinvent how development teams collaborate and how work gets approved so that implementing enterprise agile is effective.
The Product Backlog: Your Compass for Shifting Business Priorities
Learn how managing your product backlog can improve your business's performance and allow for more flexibility when there is a change of priorities.
3 Big Mistakes to Avoid When Writing User Stories
Preparing for your next sprint? Here are three of the biggest mistakes to avoid when writing your product's user stories.
Splitting User Stories for Increased Momentum: INVEST and Adapt as a Team
Splitting user stories is more of an art than a science. For an alternative method of splitting user stories, try using INVEST. Learn more here.
13 Myths About User Stories
When it comes to user stories, there's a wide range of misconceptions about them. Here are 13 myths about user stories debunked.
Getting Your Organization to Embrace Agile
Deciding to embrace an agile process is one thing. Redirecting and refocusing your organization to implement and accept it is quite another.
