Three Questions to Determine If an Organization Is Agile A lot of organizations claim to be agile. Here’s a quick way to see if they really are.
Advice on Conducting Agile Project Kickoff Meetings Traditionally managed projects begin with a kickoff meeting. Here’s why and how agile projects can …
What Does It Mean to Be Potentially Releasable? Scrum teams know they need to be potentially releasable at the end of the sprint. But do they know …
Why Agile Teams Should Estimate at Two Different Levels It’s important for most agile teams to estimate both their product and sprint backlogs. But why?
Announcing the Scrum Foundations Video Course This new video series is the perfect primer for Scrum. It’s great prep for the Certified Scrum …
Why Your Product Backlog Should Look Like an Iceberg An agile product backlog should evolve over time, with product backlog items and user stories …
What Happens & When During a Sprint Succeeding with Scrum is easier when you know when and why to conduct each ceremony during the sprint.
An Agile Team Name Generator Are you struggling to find a catchy name for your agile team? Use this fun, mostly silly, generator …
Six Guidelines for Saying No to a Stakeholder Telling a stakeholder you can’t work on their feature is difficult. Here are ways to make that …
Self-Organizing Teams Are Not Put Together Randomly There are things leaders can do that will influence how a team self organizes.
Ten sentences with all the Scrum Master advice you’ll ever need Want to become an even better Scrum Master? Follow these 10 easy-to-remember practices.
How to Ensure You’re Working on the Most Important Items Each Iteration Product owners often sacrifice progress toward important goals to put out short-term fires. There’s …
