Teamwork

Before you break the rules of Scrum, consider how Scrum’s constraints enhance creativity and boost …

Sometimes, ambitious agile teams fail to deliver everything in a sprint. That's normal. But it …

Teams get things done far more quickly than one person could. But as team size grows, so …

Sprint goals are something every Scrum team should try to create. Learn what sprint goals are and …

Overlapping work is one element of agile that is difficult for teams to understand and master. …

In a remote-first world, how does an agile team thrive working in a virtual, distributed way?

How to build and sustain a Scrum team that exceeds the sum of its parts.

What exactly does cross functional mean and why does it matter?

How to run a Retrospective when your team won't talk.

One of the benefits of being on a team is the friendships you can make with your teammates. Many of …

Traditionally managed projects begin with a kickoff meeting. Here’s why and how agile projects can …

There are things leaders can do that will influence how a team self organizes.

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

What do the testers do at the start of a sprint when there’s nothing to test? That problem is …

How much authority must an agile team be given before it can be considered self organizing. And is …

Even though not everyone may work on a product backlog item, it’s still worth having the full team …

A typical career path for a Scrum Master will start with serving one team. After a while that team …

Incentives and bonuses can be used to reward agile teams but must be aligned with agile principles. …

Last week, I talked about the concept of equality on an agile team. I mentioned that one meaning of …

Yes, I really did refer to guitarist Alvin Lee in a Certified Scrum Product Owner class last week. …

One of my favorite movie scenes comes in The Untouchables when mobster Al Capone (played by Robert …

Are you curious how “agile” your organization is? Do you wonder how you compare with other …

Agile does not at all require individuals to be generalists, but individuals are expected to work …

A project management office (PMO) that is engaged in and supportive of transitioning to Scrum can …

High-performing Scrum teams have learned to do a little bit of everything during a sprint, thereby …

People often ask me whether teams should have the right to vote members off. To help answer that …

There is more to leading a self-organizing team than buying pizza and getting out of the way.

Moving away from component teams is a difficult but necessary step for those who want to adopt an …

The most effective type of community of practice within Scrum organizations seems to be one that …

The effort of adopting Scrum is best managed using Scrum itself.

Discover whether agile teams should work on one product backlog item at a time or if it's OK for …

Most teams do the daily scrum per person, but some encounter the problem described here and discuss …

A common criticism of story points is that the meaning of a story point will differ among teams.

Not everyone involved in an agile transition wants the change to be successful. This …

A common misperception is that testers cannot do any work during an iteration until the programmers …

I knew this book would be different from the use of “Teamwork” in its subtitle. Many of the …