Microsoft Agile
Yes, Mircrosoft is agile in parts and they are poised to become much better at the practice of agility. Read More
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Kanban Vs. Scrum
As much as we love scrum, even we would have to admit that it’s not perfect. Nothing is. In fact, a large part of our book describes workarounds for various deficiencies that scrum presents to us in certain circumstances. Read More
When are you ready for sprint planning?
There are a number of things you should do before you can even begin planning. The most important thing you can do is make sure that your Product Owner is prepared, Read More
How do you fill a sprint?
After a Story is committed to, the Team (with the PO in the lead) has the option to reprioritize the Story list, and the Team takes the next one to consider. Read More
When is a story too large for a sprint?
The Team may not be able to commit to a story, or might noteven be able to agree on “done.” What to do? Read More
Should the team be allowed to drop the retrospective?
Of things to watch out for and not allow this is high on my list. It boils down to this rule: If the team is not doing a retrospective then they are not doing scrum. Read More
When should a sprint end?
Without time-boxes we rapidly loose our sense of predictability and the amount of complexity we tackle in each bite drifts upward. Read More
Should we extend Scrum?
The idea here is that there can be only one source for Scrum knowledge. I guess that depends on where you get your definition from and what you need. Should there be only one way to think about scrum? Read More
Scrum Agile Training
Scrum or agile can dramatically increase the chances of success. Read More
Are Placeholder Stories Ok?
This is a way to track how much unknown work is showing up and manage the amount by triggering a conversation when needed. One of the most common issues for scrum teams is what to do about work that we expect to have to do during a Sprint, but don’t actually know the details about yet, such as bugs we have to fix in existing systems, or expected sales support efforts. Using Place holder stories is a a method to manage these “known unknowns”. Read More