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Retrospecting with a Quiet Team

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

My Most Popular Posts of 2021

Here are my top ten blog posts from last year based on comments and views.

Dependencies Are Killing Your Agile Flow at Scale

How do you squeeze out the waste and get the most significant improvement in flow at scale?

How To Coach Your Team to Run a Daily Scrum Meeting When You Cannot Attend

Coaching your team to run a daily scrum without you.

Automatically Triangulating Estimates in Planning Poker

Triangulating estimates happens when teams compare a current estimate against two existing estimates, one smaller and one larger. Learn how to do this manually and automatically.

The Five Possible Estimates and Which One Your Team Should Use

Unless team members have discussed it, they are almost certainly providing different types of estimates.

The Product Owner’s Second Team

Successful product owners will see their stakeholders as a team, not merely a set of individuals.

Are Fixed-Price Projects Agile?

Fixed-price projects may seem at odds with agile. But that doesn’t have to be the case.

Needs, Wants, and Wishes on Your Product Backlog

To prioritize a backlog, think about what users need, what they want, and what they merely wish for.

Is It Dangerous to Calculate the Cost per Point?

Calculating a cost per story point comes with risks. Here's what you need to know.

Out of Office

What does working at a “sustainable pace” mean to you?

The Goal of Sprint Planning

Sprint planning may look like it’s about tasks and estimates but those are not the goal.

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Retrospecting with a Quiet Team

My Most Popular Posts of 2021

Dependencies Are Killing Your Agile Flow at Scale

How To Coach Your Team to Run a Daily Scrum Meeting When You Cannot Attend

Automatically Triangulating Estimates in Planning Poker

The Five Possible Estimates and Which One Your Team Should Use

The Product Owner’s Second Team

Are Fixed-Price Projects Agile?

Needs, Wants, and Wishes on Your Product Backlog

Is It Dangerous to Calculate the Cost per Point?

Out of Office

The Goal of Sprint Planning