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Four Quick Ways to Gain or Assess Team Consensus Agile team leaders often need to gauge or achieve consensus. Learn four of the best ways of doing that.
Defect Management by Policy: A Fast Easy Approach to Prioritizing Bug Fixes Prioritizing bug fixes has always been a challenge in software development. Even though there are …
Help Buy Scrum a Design Phase Scrum has never had a design phase. Perhaps it’s time to fix that. Here’s a humorous take on how to …
Better User Stories: 24 Hours Until Doors Close There are only 24 hours left until we stop accepting registrations for the new Better User Stories …
Video Training: How to Split User Stories End your agile team’s struggle with story splitting. Discover this free video training and learn 5 …
Include All Team Members in Sprint Meetings. Yes, Them Too. Some agile teams ban certain roles from daily scrums and retrospectives. Here’s why everyone should …
Ten Things the Beatles Taught Me About Being Agile We may think the Beatles simply sang about love, walruses and peace. But their songs actually …
The Difference Between a Professional and an Amateur Being paid to do a job doesn’t make someone a professional. This post explains the crucial …