…share simple but powerful techniques that can turn those soul-sucking meetings into dynamic, action-driven conversations. If you're ready to make meetings worth attending, this one’s for you! Overview Brian Milner and Kate Megaw uncover the secrets to running highly effective and engaging meetings. They tackle common facilitation pitfalls, the staggering…

…most common complaints in Scrum teams, but is it really the meetings, or what’s (not) happening in them? In this episode, Brian and Lance Dacy dig into the events of Scrum to uncover what works, what doesn’t, and how to make each one actually add value. Overview In this episode…

…They attend meetings, follow Scrum practices, and yet, they aren’t seeing the promised improvements in predictability, collaboration, and efficiency. What I see is a fundamental challenge: How do we ensure that everyone on the team truly understands and applies Scrum in a way that leads to high performance? Scrum training…

…their role as facilitators, Scrum Masters, agile coaches, product owners, and others often need to help teams achieve consensus. This could be a product owner getting a group of stakeholders to agree on a significant objective for the coming period. Or it could be a Scrum Master wrapping up a…

…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, they cover it all. Plus, Brian reveals the launch of two new on-demand courses—Better Retrospectives and The…

…I helped to use Scrum. Among their product backlog items was repainting all the canoes. That was high-priority, because they wanted to show photos of the shiny, newly painted canoes in their marketing. But painting the canoes was dependent on another backlog item: sand and repair any canoes that need…

…estimating altogether. Typically a Scrum Master or agile coach will get the team to talk through their differences. But before doing that, it’s critical to get everyone to agree on the type of estimate. I recommend having team members agree to provide the median estimate of the effort. Think of…

…one of our Certified Scrum Trainers: Lance Dacy. I’ve known Lance for years and am always interested in his insights pertaining to Scrum and agile today. With Mountain Goat Software, he delivers both our CSM and CSPO courses. Interested in Training with Lance? Click here to see his upcoming certified…

…Until this book, the Scrum development process was not very well known and was documented only piecemeal in a couple of papers and websites. Finally, there’s a book a that covers everything you need to know to run your software project using Scrum. Schwaber is the “Godfather of Scrum” and…

…- Brian welcomes Certified Scrum Trainer® and Principal at Power By Teams, Bernie Maloney, to the show. [2:15] - Bernie delves into the concept of mental models, sharing the origins of his philosophy of “making new mistakes” developed during his time at Hewlett Packard. [5:55] - Bernie illustrates the power…

…project management frameworks, like Scrum, forego a lengthy, upfront requirements phase and the resulting product specification in favor of a dynamic product backlog, often written in the form of user stories. Product Backlog vs Requirements Product backlogs don't eliminate project requirements or the need to work with stakeholders and customers…

__Agile Estimating and Planning__ is the definitive, practical guide to estimating and planning agile projects. In the book, ScrumMaster and CST Mike Cohn discusses the philosophy of agile estimating and planning and shows you exactly how to get the job done with real-world examples and case studies.

…approach for estimating and planning with use case points. Similar in concept to function points, use case points measure the size of an application. Once we know the approximate size of an application, we can derive an expected duration for the project if we also know (or can estimate) the…

…development processes such as Scrum [1], Extreme Programming [2], Feature-Driven Development [3], and DSDM [4] have emerged and their use has become much more prevalent. Central to these processes is a reliance upon emergent requirements and architecture. On an agile project, there is no upfront requirements engineering effort. Instead, the…

…Lean Development,3 Crystal,4 and Scrum.5-6 In Scrum, projects progress in a series of month-long iterations called sprints. Development teams meet with the client, or product owner, before each sprint to prioritize the work to be done and select the tasks the team can complete in the upcoming sprint. During the…