I worked with a team last week that had three business people who each established the team's priorities. This caused a number of problems for the team because they had no clear guidance on who to…
Many of you work in a dedicated in-house team, but some of you contract with companies for Scrum and agile consulting. One problem that sometimes arises as an agile contractor is when the prospective…
In a recent interview for an upcoming agile book by Sondra Ashmore and Kristin Runyan, they asked me questions regarding several areas of agile development and Scrum. In the last two posts, I explored…
Even if you've taken the often stated agile stance of getting rid of periodic performance reviews in your organization, it can still be helpful to provide people with some commentary on how their…
I was recently interviewed for an upcoming agile textbook written by Sondra Ashmore and Kristin Runyan, and they asked me some questions about backlog refinement, such as who should attend, how to…
I've never been a fan of naming user stories. Stories should generally be short enough that naming them should be necessary. Yes, novels and movies get names. But we don't name the sentences…
