Scrum

The Purposeful Tension of Product vs Delivery

There is a purposeful tension about the way Epics, Features, and User Stories…

Agile is Like Football

As an agile coach, I sometimes look at the world through a lens like the vertical flowing green characters in The…

Don’t Forget To Be Lower Case ‘a’ Agile

Our Agile universe is full of strict frameworks and strong opinions. It’s easy to get lost…

Is the Retro or Sprint Review the Most Important Agile Event?

Practical Ideas for Scaling Agile

If you work in a large organization and have the need for teams of teams to work in an agile way…

Does the PO need to be at standup?

As an agile coach, this question tends to come up a lot. But before I answer, I want to provide…

Scrum vs. Kanban vs. The Matrix

If your company forces you to use one particular framework or process, I immediately feel sorry for you…

Why use story points? Because everyone sucks at estimating!

Revisit the Agile Basics Often

So, the life of an agile team member is often riddled with plenty of ups and downs. We are constantly…