…this episode of the Agile Mentors Podcast, Brian Milner and Cort Sharp break down why retrospectives are more than just a “Scrum box to check.” They’re the powerhouse behind continuous team improvement. From battling retro fatigue and quiet-room energy to creating psychologically safe environments and tying retrospectives to real results,…

…this episode of the Agile Mentors Podcast, Brian Milner sits down with Nesrine, a former product leader at Google, Spotify, and Microsoft, to explore how emotional connection is the secret sauce behind the world’s most beloved products. They dive into Nesrine’s “Delight Framework,” reveal how seemingly mundane tools (like time-tracking…

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…great books on the agile project management topics of scaling, strategy, and testing that you should read. Two of them are in the series I edited for Addison-Wesley; the third is by an author who previously wrote a book for that series. Large-Scale Scrum by Larman and Vodde “Large-Scale Scrum”…

…of Human Skills and Agile Acumen with Evan Leybourn #82: The Intersection of AI and Agile with Emilia Breton #117: How AI and Automation Are Redefining Success for Developers with Lance Dacy AI Practice Prompts For Scrum Masters Join the Agile Mentors Community Subscribe to the Agile Mentors Podcast Want…

…the very structure of Agile teams. Overview We keep talking about AI like it’s something that’s coming. But as Dr. Michael Housman points out, it’s already here—embedded in our tools, shaping how we collaborate, and quietly shifting the makeup of our teams. In this episode, Brian sits down with Dr.…

What can Agile leaders learn from the Marines? In this episode, Tanner Wortham joins Brian to share how principles of military leadership—like building authority into the trenches, experimenting under pressure, and prioritizing shared mission over ego—map surprisingly well to modern Agile teams. Overview In this conversation, Brian sits down with…

…practices are used by agile teams. If you read my monthly newsletter, you probably saw the announcement asking for people to participate. She had over 300 responses. Among the findings were that these are the most important principles based on the number of respondents rating their importance as “Very High”:…

…want to see want agile look likes when applied at the corporate level, check out the new book, The Leader's Guide to Radical Management, by Stephen Denning. Denning is the author of a handful of other excellent, award-winning books and this one is his best yet. As he describes in…

Agile projects are successful three times more often than non-agile projects, according to the 2011 CHAOS report from the Standish Group. The report goes so far as to say, “The agile process is the universal remedy for software development project failure. Software applications developed through the agile process have three…

…a particular relevance to agile and Scrum development. The article was about Nick Saban, coach of last year's college champion Alabama team. The article was about his process for winning championships; he's won three. One thing I found particularly relevant is that he holds a weekly “What If” meeting. During…

…companies for Scrum and agile consulting. One problem that sometimes arises as an agile contractor is when the prospective client wants an upfront commitment on the scope of the project, but the Scrum consultant feels there isn’t enough info to estimate a backlog for the RFP phase. Add to that…

…year or so, scaling agile and Scrum have become very popular topics. A variety of scaling approaches have been promoted—and some of them were even tested on real teams before the marketing machinery spun up to promote them. You've undoubtedly heard of a few of these scaling frameworks. Today, Mountain…

…as part of an agile sprint. It’s a big topic. So let’s dive right in. The Two Goals of an Agile Sprint There are really two things a team should be doing each sprint: Building new functionality Building new knowledge We all know that teams have to build new functionality…