There Is No End State When Transitioning to Agile There can be no end state in a process that calls for continuous improvement.
Balancing Anticipation and Adaptation A big part of an organization’s becoming agile is finding the appropriate balance between …
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 …
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.
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 …
Why Do Release Planning? An agile team does release planning to avoid the same type of problems we avoid with a topographic …
The Ideal Agile Workspace Each person on the team should ideally be able to see each other person on the team.
Why There Should Not Be a “Release Backlog” We've already overloaded the word backlog with product backlog and sprint backlog. Why confuse …
How Do Story Points Relate to Hours? I'm often asked about the relationship between story points and hours. People who ask are usually …