When You Miss the Point of Sprint Planning Meetings In a recent interview for an upcoming agile book by Sondra Ashmore and Kristin Runyan, they asked …
Providing Feedback to Team Members Even if you've taken the often stated agile stance of getting rid of periodic performance reviews …
Backlog Refinement: Who Should Attend and How to Maximize Value I was recently interviewed for an upcoming agile textbook written by Sondra Ashmore and Kristin …
Names Should Not Be Needed for User Stories I've never been a fan of naming user stories. Stories should generally be short enough that naming …
Sprint Burndown Sums All Work Remaining A sprint burndown chart shows only one thing: How much work remains.
Three Tips for New ScrumMasters They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure—this adage definitely applies to new …
Hard to Read Handwriting Is Best for User Stories I've always been envious of those with nice handwriting or even distinctive printing. I've always …
What Topics Would You Like Mike Cohn to Cover? I’m always looking to help people solve their toughest or most nagging problems – and sometimes …
Breaking the Daily Scrum Time Box One of my favorite things to hear about during this part of a daily scrum is how team members in a …
Avoid Taking Notes During the Daily Scrum If you do want to take notes, I recommend writing the note on a whiteboard or some place where …
Estimating with Tee Shirt Sizes I occasionally encounter the use of t-shirt sizes (Small, Medium, Large, or so on) in use as …
Be Quick but Don’t Hurry It’s one of my favorite times of the year: March Madness. (For non-Americans: That means college …