How to Be Sure You’ve Thought of Everything A common question I get is how can a product owner (or team) be sure they've thought...
Root Cause Analysis of the Failure of Root Cause Analysis I woke one morning last week to a flat tire. Always frustrating,...
Research on Combining Agile with Waterfall An issue facing many agile teams is how they can coexist with non-agile teams within the same …
My Favorites for Team Movie Day One of my favorite movie scenes comes in The Untouchables when mobster Al Capone (played by Robert …
Assigning Story Points at the Right Time—Or Not at All As much as I value estimating the product backlog, not every team needs to do it. And those who do …
Product Backlog Bankruptcy! Humans are natural hoarders and that’s why we often find ourselves in Backlog bedlam!
Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners Whether you're a month, a year or decade into Scrum, I'm certain you'll find shortcuts in this book …
Thinking about the Word ‘Boss’ Personally, I don't mind whether I've been called big cheese or manager. Call me whatever you want. …
One of a Kind Beats Three of a Kind I worked with a team last week that had three business people who each established the team's …
Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners: Agile Tactics, Tools, & Tips Rather than a conventional review, here is the foreword I was asked to write for this …
Agile Planning and Project Management In this session we will shatter the myth that agile teams can't plan. We'll start by looking at the …
How to Estimate Velocity As an Agile Consultant Many of you work in a dedicated in-house team, but some of you contract with companies for Scrum …