What Does a Product Owner Do, When, and Why? Ever wondered what product owners do? Have you scratched your head, wondering when they do it all, and why? If so, this blog is for you.
Are Agile and Scrum Dead? Have you heard the rumor that agile is dead, and Scrum along with it? Join me as I ponder the truth behind all the chatter.
SPIDR: 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 user story into small, manageable chunks of work.
Working on an Agile Team: 9 Lessons from The Princess Bride We can learn so much from books and movies! Enjoy these 9 takeaways about working on agile teams from The Princess Bride.
Short Answers to Your Big Questions about Scrum Masters Mike answers three common questions about Scrum Masters, including who Scrum Masters report to.
Can the Product Owner and the Scrum Master Be the Same Person? Discover what pirates have to teach us about why the ScrumMaster and product owner require different skills, and different people.
#1 Reason Your Projects Are Late Ever wonder why your projects always seem to be late? The reason might surprise you.
Short Answers to Your Big Questions about User Stories Is your team a bit confused about user stories? Get answers to common questions about acceptance criteria, so-that clauses, and user stories vs requirements.
Agile Decision Making: Good Decisions & Agile Plans Find out how good agile plans enable good decisions, not perfect results.
Boost Creativity by Embracing Scrum Framework Constraints Before you break the rules of Scrum, consider how Scrum’s constraints enhance creativity and boost innovation.
7 Ways to Get the Best Estimates of Story Size Agile teams often struggle to estimate product backlog items. Here are 7 ways to make solid improvements.
GoatBot Answers 5 Questions about Retrospectives We queried our agile AI tool, GoatBot, with 5 FAQs about retrospectives. See what GoatBot, trained by the work of Mike Cohn, had to say.