Agile eXamined: The Sprint Goal
Daily standups, acceptance criteria, user stories, retrospectives…am I right Agilists? In the day-to-day, it’s easy...
Is SAFe Agile? The Case for SAFe
I’m new to Agile, relatively speaking. I first heard of it only five years ago....
BDD (Behavior-Driven Development), Is it for me?
Would you like to develop products in a way that helps you discover users’ real...
Improving Scrum Teams with Visual Backlog Refinement
Many Scrum teams focus on the established five scrum events that take place each sprint...
In nearly any industry, the best work is accomplished by teams. The best teams are...
Cynefin is a sensemaking framework that helps teams conceptualize different types of problems and agree...
Focus on Flow of Work Instead of Velocity to Track Progress
With an agile team, the flow of work is crucial. We want to move work...
Agile eXamined: Alternatives to User Stories
A To-Do List is the backbone of each program/effort/project. It doesn’t matter if you use...
WIP Limit Zero: How Slack Makes Us More Creative
Doing nothing gives us the space to develop focus, process our experiences and find the...
Pandemic Response: Succeeding with Agility
McKinsey recently published an article that differentiated between ‘agile’ organizations and less agile ones. They...