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Video Training: How to Run a Successful User Story Writing Workshop

Video Training: How to Run a Successful User Story Writing Workshop

Introducing a free video covering what you need to know to conduct a story-writing workshop with …

Mar 06, 2018 3 Comments
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Include All Team Members in Sprint Meetings. Yes, Them Too.

Include All Team Members in Sprint Meetings. Yes, Them Too.

Some agile teams ban certain roles from daily scrums and retrospectives. Here’s why everyone should …

Feb 21, 2018 30 Comments
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Ten Things the Beatles Taught Me About Being Agile

Ten Things the Beatles Taught Me About Being Agile

We may think the Beatles simply sang about love, walruses and peace. But their songs actually …

Feb 06, 2018 50 Comments
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The Difference Between a Professional and an Amateur

The Difference Between a Professional and an Amateur

Being paid to do a job doesn’t make someone a professional. This post explains the crucial …

Jan 23, 2018 47 Comments
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My Top 11 Posts of 2017

My Top 11 Posts of 2017

A summary of Mike Cohn’s most popular and engaging blog posts of 2017.

Jan 09, 2018 4 Comments
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The Importance of Overlapping Work in Agile

The Importance of Overlapping Work in Agile

Being agile requires team members to overlap work but doing so brings uncertainty with it. Here’s …

Dec 19, 2017 33 Comments
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Do Scrum Teams Meet Too Much?

Do Scrum Teams Meet Too Much?

Scrum teams have too many meetings is perhaps the most common criticism of Scrum. But is it valid?

Dec 05, 2017 15 Comments
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Five Lessons I’m Thankful I Learned in my Agile Career

Five Lessons I’m Thankful I Learned in my Agile Career

Here are five key lessons I learned that were instrumental in my career. See if learning them could …

Nov 21, 2017 32 Comments
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The Four Reasons to Have a Consistent Sprint Length

The Four Reasons to Have a Consistent Sprint Length

A team’s sprints should be the same length every sprint. Here are four reasons why.

Nov 14, 2017 31 Comments
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Five Scary Things About Adopting Agile

Five Scary Things About Adopting Agile

Read this special Halloween post about five things in agile transitions that are can seem as scary …

Oct 31, 2017 26 Comments
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Add the Right Amount of Detail to User Stories

Add the Right Amount of Detail to User Stories

Add too little detail to a user story and the team cannot finish it an iteration. Put too much …

Oct 03, 2017 8 Comments
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Five Story-Splitting Mistakes and How to Stop Making Them

Five Story-Splitting Mistakes and How to Stop Making Them

There are plenty of mistakes a team can make when splitting user stories. Here are five of the most …

Sep 28, 2017 7 Comments
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