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The Agile Job Seeker

How do you approach a job search with an Agile mind? In this article Mark Haynes discusses how to plan your quest for a new job using the Scrum framework and concepts like sprints or user stories.....

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Be Strongly Agile: Show Your Weaknesses

I am frequently amused when the same people who believe that it is not possible to get the requirements for a product correct up front, and therefore want to use Scrum for development, will in the next...

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Building the Right Product vs Building the Product Right

In his book “Specification by Example – How successful teams deliver the right software”, Gojko Adzic had some interesting quotes about building the right product. “In the last decade, the software...

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The Eleventh Commandment of Software Development

During my software development career, I have seen a good deal of software development approaches or methodologies used in different organizations. When a new and supposedly better approach is...

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Sacred Agile: Religious Approaches to Software Development

You know that when you deal with this type of topic, you are writing about a touchy subject. When I write that Agile has sometimes been sacralized, my aim is not to hurt any religious or philosophical...

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How Software Testing Supports Better Performance

Have you ever asked yourself why some apps, websites, and software tools feel smooth, fast, and easy to use from the first click? The answer often comes back to software testing. It plays a quiet but...

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How Software Quality Assurance Supports Long-Term Product Success

Have you ever used an app or website and felt happy because everything worked in a smooth and simple way? That good feeling does not happen by chance. Behind that easy experience, there is usually a...

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Nine Questions for a Good Scrum Team Structure

In his book “Succeeding with Agile”, Mike Cohn present nine questions that you should ask for a current or proposed team. Questions should be asked iteratively… until you answer “yes” to each. Here are...

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How Continuous Validation in Scrum Improves Content Readiness for AI Search

The era of traditional search is rapidly fading into the past, giving way to smart algorithms and generative responses. Simply filling a website with keywords to rank high is no longer enough. Modern...

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Scrum Values and Principles: Why They Matter for Team Success

Many teams adopt Scrum after hearing its benefits. They organize sprints, standups, boards, and wait for improvements. It happens occasionally. Often, something is off. Though meetings occur, little...

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The Cone of Uncertainty in Scrum

Uncertainty in the Product Backlog is a big risk for the schedule of a Scrum project. How clever your estimations might be, Agile has to consider them using the notion of “cone of uncertainty”. The...

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How Software Testers Help with Requirements in Scrum

As many testers have, I struggled in my first year on a Scrum team. How do I write tests without a spec? How do I know when I am done with software testing when there is no test plan? This article...

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Agile Teams: Building a Collaborative Scrum Team

How do you get people to work effectively as a team? Instead of reorganizing every two weeks, maybe we should focus on what makes teaming work. Books and blogs focus on psychological safety,...

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5 Key Benefits of Integrating Digital Payments in Scrum

Digital transformation isn’t just a buzzword anymore–it’s reshaping how we work. And if you’re running Scrum teams, you’ve probably wondered how to make financial processes less of a headache. Here’s...

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How Law Firms Can Go Lean with Their Everyday Processes

Law firms have been experiencing a good run lately. Billing hours and rates have gone up, and many practices have achieved record revenues. According to the ABA Journal, quite a number of law firms saw...

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Balancing Agility and Discipline

Balancing Agility and Discipline is a book written in 2004 by Barry Boehm and Richard Turner. The fact that it is already on its 6th reprint tells something about its value. This is a very pragmatic...

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Team Size – Why Less Is More

Sizing an Agile team is not an easy task. In this article, Mark Haynes discusses some of the factors (control, the nature of the work, optimal communications) that will influence the decision for the...

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5 Best Software Development Methodologies

Have you ever wondered why some software projects finish smoothly while others face endless revisions? The difference often lies in the approach a team uses to plan and build its product. That approach...

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How Agile Methodologies Are Being Utilized By Sports Professionals to Gain...

In today’s fast-paced sports industry, success depends on far more than the raw talent of athletes. Increasingly, the difference between a team that merely competes and one that dominates lies in its...

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An Agile Focus on Workflows

Why are we only concerned with processes associated with the Scrum Sprint? This is one of many workflows for provisioning work. Simply following Scrum protocols isn’t sufficient to embrace an Agile...

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