Don’t Estimate the Sprint Backlog Using Task Points Some teams like story points so much, they invent task points and use those for sprint planning. …
How to Prevent Estimate Inflation A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but a five-point story better not go by any other …
Sprint Planning for Agile Teams That Have Lots of Interruptions Most of the Scrum literature describes a situation in which a team is allowed to work without …
Summarizing the Results of a Sprint Although you may wish it weren’t the case, some Scrum Masters need to document how a sprint went. …
Teams Don’t Need to Think of Everything During Sprint Planning A couple of weeks ago, I participated in a painful sprint planning meeting. You might have been in …
Advice on How to Split Reporting User Stories Splitting stories has long been one of the biggest challenges facing agile teams. Here are some …
Applying Agile Beyond Software Development Agile can be applied well beyond software development. It’s been used for construction, planning …
Should Scrum Teams Include a Stretch Goal In Their Sprints? There are, of course, a variety of ways to go about planning a sprint. I’ve written previously …
A Simple Way to Run a Sprint Retrospective There are many ways you can run a sprint retrospective. Here’s the simplest way and still my favorite.
Does a Scrum Team Need a Retrospective Every Sprint? Conventional wisdom says that a team should do a retrospective every sprint. But if your sprints …
Can a Traditional SRS Be Converted into User Stories? A lot of traditionally managed projects begin with a Software Requirements Specification (SRS). …
21 New Year’s Resolutions for Scrum Masters As we come up on the end of the year, it's time to make some New Year's resolutions. Since one of …