How to Know if Scrum Is Right for Your Project After years of studying the problem, I've come up with a foolproof way to determine if Scrum is right for a given project.
Using a One-Handed Clock to Convey Project Goals The One-Handed Clock is a useful visual metaphor that can be hung in a team room.
Mountain Goat Software Client’s Scrum Program Leads to “Best Place to Work” Ultimate Software has been named the best medium-sized company to work for in the United States. In 2005,…
Using a Task Board with One Remote Team Member What should we do in the case when the team really likes having a task board, but when one team member is remote?
The Ideal Agile Workspace Each person on the team should ideally be able to see each other person on the team.
How Do Story Points Relate to Hours? I'm often asked about the relationship between story points and hours. People who ask are usually looking for me to say something like
A Requirements Challenge Think of a function in MS Word that is a new function, and not just a change in the quality of those functions.
A ScrumMaster Removing an Impediment at Apple I've been paying a bit of extra attention today to what shakeups might be in store at Apple during Jobs' absence.
Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams This is an excellent book that deserves to be read by every tester on an agile project--and since agile…
Should a Team Swarm on to One Backlog Item at a Time? Discover whether agile teams should work on one product backlog item at a time or if it's OK for Scrum teams to work on multiple items. Mike Cohn's answer might surprise you.