How Programmers and Testers (and Others) Should Collaborate on User Stories What do the testers do at the start of a sprint when there’s nothing to test? That problem is …
Two Types of Authority Leaders Must Give to Self-Organizing Teams How much authority must an agile team be given before it can be considered self organizing. And is …
Three Mistakes Scrum Masters Make and How to Correct Them Being a Scrum Master can be tough. Here are three of the most common mistakes Scrum Masters make …
Why the Whole Team Should Participate When Estimating Even though not everyone may work on a product backlog item, it’s still worth having the full team …
Six Books for Your Summer Reading List Six books for your summer reading list, including books on scaling, teamwork, and learning what …
Commenting Policy and How to Get Answers to Your Questions An important announcement about our commenting policy and how to request a new topic for a blog post.
Four Things to Do Before the Scrum Master Goes on Vacation Even Scrum Masters need a holiday every now and then. Here are four things for a Scrum Master to …
The Career Path of a Scrum Master A typical career path for a Scrum Master will start with serving one team. After a while that team …
Does the Scrum Master Role Ever Go Away? Over time, Scrum teams take on some of the Scrum Master duties themselves. Does the self-organizing …
Why Getting to Done Is So Important Getting to done at the end of each iteration is an important principle in agile. Here’s why.
Five Simple but Powerful Ways to Split User Stories Splitting user stories is hard. Here are the only five techniques you need to be able to slice any …
Three Questions to Ask when Being Micromanaged A micromanaging boss or stakeholder inhibits agility. The three questions in this article can help …