Bartosz Mazurek[1 min thought] The vaguest thing ever.Story points (aka Potato points, Avocado points) are one of the vaguest things in Agile product delivery. They can be super useful, but…Oct 5, 2018Oct 5, 2018
Bartosz Mazurek[1 min thought] Bottom of backlog refinement sessionsI have the pleasure of working with a distributed Scrum Team. New team, new setup, sort of a new project. We are currently forming our…Jun 27, 2018Jun 27, 2018
Bartosz MazurekThe Sprint Goal doesn’t have to be equal to the sum of tickets — and it’s actually good if it isn’t.How many times you heard the classic — “so you as a team COMMIT to deliver those set of stories”; and suddenly out of nowhere, this…Jun 4, 2018Jun 4, 2018
Bartosz Mazurek[1 min thought] quality is not just the % in SonarHow do we achieve quality, and what does it really mean anyway? Long story short, the simplest option is to have a mutual agreement (across…May 8, 2018May 8, 2018
Bartosz Mazurek[1 min thought] Scrum Master(s), avoid to be a proxy.I always believed that the ultimate win for a Scrum Master (team leader/manager) is when the team no longer needs his or her support (and…Apr 18, 2018Apr 18, 2018
Bartosz Mazurek[1 min thought] Product Owner - the root of a healthy process.More and more I realise how important the relationship with the Product Owner, his understanding of the process and his knowledge about the…Apr 12, 2018Apr 12, 2018
Bartosz MazurekFeedback patterns in self-organizing Agile teams and/or HR as a service.More and more I see that feedback in self-organizing agile teams is becoming a hot topic these days. Being part of an agile community, we…Jan 30, 2018Jan 30, 2018
Bartosz MazurekHow to kill Agile in a one statement a.k.a don’t judge book by its cover. #Agile #Scrum“If you not able to deliver a working product at the end of your iteration you can’t say that you are Agile team”Sep 8, 2017Sep 8, 2017
Bartosz MazurekVox populi, vox Dei. The problem of missing context. #Agile #Communication“What is the meaning of your job and what is your main goal?”Aug 11, 2017Aug 11, 2017
Bartosz MazurekHow Agile can (sometimes) kill motivation.In an Agile world, we believe that our holy grail is self-organized teams (how to get there is a story for another time). That’s cool…Jun 23, 2017Jun 23, 2017