Seven Reasons To Build MVP For Your Business
The Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is an approach that aims to avoid building products that customers don’t need or want by maximizing your learning about what is valuable for them. In this article,...
View ArticleKanban for Skeptics
At the beginning of his book “Kanban for Skeptics”, Nick Oostvogels writes “By listing the 5 most common arguments against Kanban and my response to them, I hope to help people in their Kanban journey...
View ArticleBarriers of Agility
Agile Organization needs different leaders, cultures, and structures. In this article, Zuzana “Zuzi” Šochová explains that the fewer barriers you give agility on the way, the more likely the...
View ArticleScrum Planning Poker Estimation Scales
During the sprint planning meetings, the Scrum team plan the work to be performed during the next sprint. As the Scrum sprint is a time-boxed period, the delivery of software has to be calibrated to...
View Article5 Tips to Improve Product Backlog Refinement
The Product Backlog Refinement (PBR) activity is one that many new Scrum teams struggle with. Insufficient PBR often results in long sprint planning meetings and incomplete backlog items at the end of...
View ArticleWhat is SAFe: The Leading Framework For Business Agility
As larger organizations started adopting Agile approaches, they looked for framewok that supported scaling Agile. SAFe ( Scaled Agile Framework) is one of this framework. This article provides an...
View ArticleLessons Learned from Building a Design System
Although it has been among the trending topics for a few years, the Design System subject doesn’t seem it’s vanishing from discussions between designers and developers anytime soon. And there is a...
View ArticleSecurity Best Practices in Agile Teams
There are many discussions about what Scrum teams should include in their Definition of Done (DoD). However, security is rarely mentioned during these talks, even if more and more hacking incidents are...
View ArticleThe Importance Of Psychological Safety In Agile Teams
Chances are, you’ve found yourself in a situation in which some members of your team don’t feel comfortable sharing what they truly feel, either with each other or with leadership. This type of...
View Article5 Things to Avoid in your Retros
Continuous improvement is one of the main concept of Agile and retrospectives is a technique used by Scrum team to achieve it. This article shares five situations that Scrum teams should avoid in their...
View ArticleThe Cone of Uncertainty in Scrum
Uncertainty in the Product Backlog is a big risk for the schedule of a Scrum project. The problem is that the full scope of the release in Agile software development can be quite hard to estimate...
View Article3 Team Effectiveness Models You Can Use to Create Highly Productive Teams
Creating effective Agile teams is not easy. This article explores three models that can inspire you in the Scrum team creation process: the Lencioni Model, the 7T Model and the Tuckman’s Team...
View ArticleHow to Manage a Distributed Scrum Team
Today, many scrum teams and Agile organizations have incorporated some forms of remote work. This article presents the challenges of managing a distributed scrum team and provides actionable tips for...
View ArticleBuilding an Agile Assessment Tool
Conceptually Scrum is simple, so why is achieving a mature agile team such a daunting experience? Maybe because it’s not just a matter of implementing the ceremonies. Scrum teams need to embrace...
View ArticleAgile Project Management for Government
The book Agile Project Management for Government is structured in three parts. The first part presents some case studies of Agile success in public administrations. The second part discusses the...
View ArticleAn Agile Focus on Process
Has improving your Scrum team been like taking a walk to Mordor? “Not with ten thousand men could you do this. It is folly.” Tolkien, Lord of the Rings. The path seems wrought with peril. Why not just...
View ArticleWhy Estimating is Not Part of Scrum
If estimating is a core activity of traditional project management, Zuzana “Zuzi” Šochová explains to us in this article that it is not used by advanced Agile and Scrum teams. Instead, the focus should...
View ArticleHow to Approach Risk Management in Scrum Framework
With its iterative approach, the Scrum framework enables teams to minimize risk and manage risks confidently. Risk can creep into various elements when managing a project and prevent you from...
View ArticleHow to Mitigate Black Friday Pressure Using Agile and DevOps
Every year brings new challenges and seasonal peaks such as Cyber Monday and Black Friday. During these events, businesses experience an unusual amount of pressure followed by a faster pace of work, a...
View ArticleAgile Anti-patterns or How to Mess up as a Scrum Master
If we have always to remember that it is more important to be Agile than to do Agile, there are still many organizations practicing Scrum in a “cargo cult” mode. In this article, Mark Haynes describes,...
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