What Are Agile Story Points? Story points are perhaps the most misunderstood topic in agile. Story points are not based on just …
Don’t Equate Story Points to Hours I’ve been quite adamant lately that story points are about time, specifically effort. But that does …
Non-functional Requirements as User Stories When writing user stories, how should agile teams handle non-functional requirements—desired …
Epics, Features and User Stories I've been getting more and more emails lately from people confused about the difference between …
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Agile Mentors Podcast: Recap of Opening Series on Scrum Recapping our agile podcast’s initial launch series of topics
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Why the Fibonacci Sequence Works Well for Estimating If you’ve estimated with Planning Poker, you may very well have used cards with either the …
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From Project Manager to Scrum Master -3 Tips for Making the Transition What does a good project manager need to do to become a great Scrum Master?