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 …
Does Being a Scrum Master Get Easier Over Time? Being the Scrum Master of a Scrum team can be hard work. But does it get harder over time? Or easier?
Should You Use Zero-Point Estimates on Your Product Backlog? I'm occasionally asked about the merits (and whether there are any) of putting an estimate of zero …
Leave Work Unassigned and See Who Steps Forward Early in my career, I noticed the project managers in my company drove nicer cars than we …
Who Can Add Items to the Product Backlog? My wife, daughters and I use Wunderlist to manage our shared grocery list. Any time one of us …