As many teams learn the Agile Mindset, they struggle having too many large stories. Some linger on the board and spill over from one sprint to the next, in Scrum. I’ve seen Kanban teams with big stories in the ‘In Process’ column for literally months. For some teams, it’s easy…

Should UX and CX really be *on* the agile team? For quite a while, I and other coaches I know have been saying “The ideal agile team has ALL of the skills ON the team.” Because that’s how we achieve some level of autonomy and can deliver value consistently without…

If your company forces you to use one particular framework or process, I immediately feel sorry for you. That is not an environment where you are going to do your best growing or learning. But many teams and companies struggle with this idea. Which process is best for us? If…

Many teams that are just getting started think about using story points as a replacement for putting hours on tasks in their old project plans. If you equate story points to hours or do that translation in your head, you’re doing it wrong. And I’ll explain why. There are some…

So, the life of an agile team member is often riddled with plenty of ups and downs. We are constantly adjusting to change. Riding the rollercoaster of the Satir Change Model and/or Tuckman Model, take your pick. New team members, new challenges, new process adjustments, new impediments, new politics, etc…

Before you rule this out as just dumb, hear me out first :) Scaling Agile with various teams-of-teams constructs works great so long as you have the right coaching, experienced teams, and a practical approach of not adhering strictly to any framework like SAFe, LeSS, or Scrum at Scale. YMMV…

If you’re an agile consultant or coach who has left one gig that was frustrating for another, you might already know what I’m talking about. The sad truth is that for an agile coach or scrum master, there is no “perfect” agile company. There will always be challenges, often really…

There are common patterns that show up in agile transformations. Many include a bottoms-up approach where one or more teams act as the spark, the agile example that inspires other teams. Some include a top-down approach that includes an executive champion, often in Technology, who steers the company towards applying…

You may have noticed there is a lot of talk about OKRs lately. When you first learn about them, they may seem foreign and yet another difficult skill to master in the agile universe. …