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The Art of Compromise

The concepts of agility and project governance are not fundamentally opposed. Each is an attempt to improve the finished product. Scrum strives to do this through close collaboration and the short…

Reduce Manual Test Technical Debt

The first priority of a team with technical debt is to stop the bleeding, stop things from getting worse.

The Forgotten Layer of the Test Automation Pyramid

Even before the ascendancy of agile methodologies like Scrum, we knew we should automate our tests. But we didn’t. Automated tests were considered expensive to write and were often written…

Make the Product Backlog DEEP

A DEEP product backlog is detailed appropriately, estimated, emergent and prioritized.

The Benefits of Feature Teams

Moving away from component teams is a difficult but necessary step for those who want to adopt an agile project management approach.

Agile Design: Intentional Yet Emergent

The difference on a Scrum project is not that intentional design is thrown out, but that it is done incrementally.

Four Types of Resistors When Adopting Agile

When introducing a complex change into a large organization, resistance will be inevitable.

Cultivate Communities of Practice

The most effective type of community of practice within Scrum organizations seems to be one that forms organically.

How Do You Get from Here to Agile? Iterate.

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

Four Attributes of the Ideal Pilot Project

The ideal pilot project sits at the confluence of project size, project duration, project importance, and the engagement of the business sponsor.

Best Practices Are Dangerous When Adopting Agile

Like sirens singing to us from the rocks, best practices can tempt us to relax and stop the effort of continuous improvement that is essential to Scrum.

There Is No End State When Transitioning to Agile

There can be no end state in a process that calls for continuous improvement.

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