Do Scrum Teams Meet Too Much? Scrum teams have too many meetings is perhaps the most common criticism of Scrum. But is it valid?
Five Lessons I’m Thankful I Learned in my Agile Career Here are five key lessons I learned that were instrumental in my career. See if learning them could …
The Four Reasons to Have a Consistent Sprint Length A team’s sprints should be the same length every sprint. Here are four reasons why.
Five Scary Things About Adopting Agile Read this special Halloween post about five things in agile transitions that are can seem as scary …
Five Story-Splitting Mistakes and How to Stop Making Them There are plenty of mistakes a team can make when splitting user stories. Here are five of the most …
The Two Ways to Add Detail to User Stories User stories can be deliberately vague at first but detail needs to be added eventually. There are …
How Programmers and Testers (and Others) Should Collaborate on User Stories What do the testers do at the start of a sprint when there’s nothing to test? That problem is …
Two Types of Authority Leaders Must Give to Self-Organizing Teams How much authority must an agile team be given before it can be considered self organizing. And is …
Three Mistakes Scrum Masters Make and How to Correct Them Being a Scrum Master can be tough. Here are three of the most common mistakes Scrum Masters make …
Why the Whole Team Should Participate When Estimating Even though not everyone may work on a product backlog item, it’s still worth having the full team …
Six Books for Your Summer Reading List Six books for your summer reading list, including books on scaling, teamwork, and learning what …