Daily Scrums: Synchronization Meetings, Not Status Meetings Too many daily scrums are status meetings instead of a time for team members to share plans, …
What Is a High-Performing Agile Team? How to build and sustain a Scrum team that exceeds the sum of its parts.
What Happens When You Use Agile for the Wrong Reasons? Knowing why you want to achieve will a goal will help you reach it.
Six Agile Product Development Myths - Busted Pervasive myths about agile get in the way of success. It’s time to bust six of those myths.
Incorporating Governance or Oversight into an Agile Project The Five Lessons I’m Thankful I Learned in my Agile Career Here are five key lessons I learned that were instrumental in my career. See if learning them could … Three Questions to Ask when Being Micromanaged A micromanaging boss or stakeholder inhibits agility. The three questions in this article can help … Holacracy and the Search for Agile Organization I met Brian Robertson back when he was still the CEO of Ternary Software and experimenting with the … Impostor Syndrome: Why Some ScrumMasters Feel Like They’re Faking It Geoff Watts is one of the leading Scrum thinkers in the world, and one of the few to hold both the … Introduction to Scrum PPT You may have heard Scrum is one of the leading agile software development processes. With more than … Building a Product Users Want: From Idea to Backlog with the Vision Board Vision and Backlog Scrum is a great framework for building a product with the right features. It … Placing Rules on Self-Organizing Teams Many of the challenges in agile and Scrum stem from the idea of the self-organizing team. Of … Agile Planning and Project Management In this session we will shatter the myth that agile teams can't plan. We'll start by looking at the … Number, Name, Date-Stamp or Sing Your Sprints One of the most creative things I've seen teams do is pick a theme song for the sprint. Just Start: Take Action, Embrace Uncertainty, Create the Future I've never been a big fan of the Shewhart or Deming cycle of Plan-Do-Check-Act. Sure, it works fine … Agile Teams and Risk Management Ahh, it's fall. Not only does it bring the return of great, cooler weather but it ... Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process The book is a comprehensive overview of Scrum. It goes from the principles of agile through the … Agile Product Management The vast majority of what has been written about agile processes is intended for programmers and … Self-Organization & Subtle Control: Friends or Enemies? Agile leaders and managers have difficulty coming to grips with their role on self-organizing … Leading a Self-Organizing Team One of the challenges of agile development is coming to grips with the role of leaders and managers … Agile Estimating Maybe you’ve heard about agile software development projects but aren’t sure if they allow for the … Agile and the Seven Sins of Project Management Agile approaches to software development promise many advantages: shorter schedules, more … ADAPTing to Agile You know that you want to become a more agile development organization, but you aren’t sure how to … The Roles of the Project Management Office in Scrum A project management office (PMO) that is engaged in and supportive of transitioning to Scrum can … Sliding Toward Success I’ve got a new tool to announce today—Project Success Sliders. Agile Product Management with Scrum As a project management framework, Scrum introduces many changes. One of the biggest is the role of … Separate Estimating from Committing Remember the difference between an estimate and a commitment and keep the two activities separate, … The Art of Compromise The concepts of agility and project governance are not fundamentally opposed. Each is an attempt to … Best Practices Are Dangerous When Adopting Agile Like sirens singing to us from the rocks, best practices can tempt us to relax and stop the effort … How To Fail With Agile Not everyone involved in an agile transition wants the change to be successful. This … Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility This excellent book is targeted directly at Project Management Professionals (PMPs) but will be … The Chivalrous Team Member In seeking to improve how we develop software, we continually inspect and adapt. While thinking … Patterns of Agile Adoption There are many ways to transition to an agile process. Choosing the approach that is most likely to … ScrumMaster: Appointed or Team-Selected? The selection of a new Scrum team’s ScrumMaster can impact the success or failure of the team's … Metrics You Can Bet On Numbers may not lie, but measurements can sure mislead you. This article explores two myths about … The Certainty of Uncertainty If the only certain things in life are death and taxes, why do so many teams think that if they … The Role of Learning and Expected Cost of Change An academic paper that describes the importance of using more than just the vaguely defined … Incorporating Learning and Expected Cost of Change An experience report presented at XP2006 covering why it is not as simple as telling product owners … Scrum Shouldn’t Be a Burden Scrum was designed to be lightweight, so if your team is complaining that it's too heavy, you need … Collaboration Explained A challenge faced by any project leader is how to lead the team without resorting to a … Put a Tough Decision in Its Place Are you shirking your decision-making responsibility? It happens more often than you think, and … Estimating With Use Case Points Too much work goes into use cases to not employ them to their full potential. By assigning points … Do It Yourself Projects fail for a plethora of reasons; one article could not hope to address all of them. … The Dark Side of Multitasking Multitasking makes us feel more productive, but in truth trying to take on more than two tasks … Managing Agile Projects This is a very practical yet thought–provoking book. The book brings in a lot of thinking from … Stop Listening to Your Users Users are often kept at arm's length. We ask them for their input on the design, but then we, as … Extreme Project Management This excellent book dramatically advances the start–of–the–art in agile project management. It goes … Return on Software: Maximizing the Return on Your Software Investment This book is the only book of its kind. It covers everything you need to know to make intelligent … Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products This is a wonderful and highly practical book. Within hours of putting it down I was already … Agile Project Management with Scrum Agile Project Management with Scrum is a wonderful book. The author, Ken Schwaber (one of the … Managing Software for Growth This book starts by describing how Taylor’s Scientific Management has lead us down the incorrect … Introducing An Agile Process to an Organization The transition from a plan-driven to an agile process affects not only the development team … Configuration Bugs that Bite Over the years we've come up with many useful database development techniques. This article … The Need for Agile Project Management Ken Schwaber and I co-wrote this article to help counter the misperception that agile projects do … Software Configuration Management Patterns I knew this book would be different from the use of “Teamwork” in its subtitle. Many of the … Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering How can you not like a book whose first section is called “The most important factor in software … 4 Metrics to Support Project Estimates This article describes some very useful metrics that are probably worth collecting on any project. Agile Software Development with Scrum This is the book I’ve been wanted for years. Until this book, the Scrum development process was not …
Five Lessons I’m Thankful I Learned in my Agile Career Here are five key lessons I learned that were instrumental in my career. See if learning them could …
Three Questions to Ask when Being Micromanaged A micromanaging boss or stakeholder inhibits agility. The three questions in this article can help …
Holacracy and the Search for Agile Organization I met Brian Robertson back when he was still the CEO of Ternary Software and experimenting with the …
Impostor Syndrome: Why Some ScrumMasters Feel Like They’re Faking It Geoff Watts is one of the leading Scrum thinkers in the world, and one of the few to hold both the …
Introduction to Scrum PPT You may have heard Scrum is one of the leading agile software development processes. With more than …
Building a Product Users Want: From Idea to Backlog with the Vision Board Vision and Backlog Scrum is a great framework for building a product with the right features. It …
Placing Rules on Self-Organizing Teams Many of the challenges in agile and Scrum stem from the idea of the self-organizing team. Of …
Agile Planning and Project Management In this session we will shatter the myth that agile teams can't plan. We'll start by looking at the …
Number, Name, Date-Stamp or Sing Your Sprints One of the most creative things I've seen teams do is pick a theme song for the sprint.
Just Start: Take Action, Embrace Uncertainty, Create the Future I've never been a big fan of the Shewhart or Deming cycle of Plan-Do-Check-Act. Sure, it works fine …
Agile Teams and Risk Management Ahh, it's fall. Not only does it bring the return of great, cooler weather but it ...
Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process The book is a comprehensive overview of Scrum. It goes from the principles of agile through the …
Agile Product Management The vast majority of what has been written about agile processes is intended for programmers and …
Self-Organization & Subtle Control: Friends or Enemies? Agile leaders and managers have difficulty coming to grips with their role on self-organizing …
Leading a Self-Organizing Team One of the challenges of agile development is coming to grips with the role of leaders and managers …
Agile Estimating Maybe you’ve heard about agile software development projects but aren’t sure if they allow for the …
Agile and the Seven Sins of Project Management Agile approaches to software development promise many advantages: shorter schedules, more …
ADAPTing to Agile You know that you want to become a more agile development organization, but you aren’t sure how to …
The Roles of the Project Management Office in Scrum A project management office (PMO) that is engaged in and supportive of transitioning to Scrum can …
Agile Product Management with Scrum As a project management framework, Scrum introduces many changes. One of the biggest is the role of …
Separate Estimating from Committing Remember the difference between an estimate and a commitment and keep the two activities separate, …
The Art of Compromise The concepts of agility and project governance are not fundamentally opposed. Each is an attempt to …
Best Practices Are Dangerous When Adopting Agile Like sirens singing to us from the rocks, best practices can tempt us to relax and stop the effort …
How To Fail With Agile Not everyone involved in an agile transition wants the change to be successful. This …
Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility This excellent book is targeted directly at Project Management Professionals (PMPs) but will be …
The Chivalrous Team Member In seeking to improve how we develop software, we continually inspect and adapt. While thinking …
Patterns of Agile Adoption There are many ways to transition to an agile process. Choosing the approach that is most likely to …
ScrumMaster: Appointed or Team-Selected? The selection of a new Scrum team’s ScrumMaster can impact the success or failure of the team's …
Metrics You Can Bet On Numbers may not lie, but measurements can sure mislead you. This article explores two myths about …
The Certainty of Uncertainty If the only certain things in life are death and taxes, why do so many teams think that if they …
The Role of Learning and Expected Cost of Change An academic paper that describes the importance of using more than just the vaguely defined …
Incorporating Learning and Expected Cost of Change An experience report presented at XP2006 covering why it is not as simple as telling product owners …
Scrum Shouldn’t Be a Burden Scrum was designed to be lightweight, so if your team is complaining that it's too heavy, you need …
Collaboration Explained A challenge faced by any project leader is how to lead the team without resorting to a …
Put a Tough Decision in Its Place Are you shirking your decision-making responsibility? It happens more often than you think, and …
Estimating With Use Case Points Too much work goes into use cases to not employ them to their full potential. By assigning points …
Do It Yourself Projects fail for a plethora of reasons; one article could not hope to address all of them. …
The Dark Side of Multitasking Multitasking makes us feel more productive, but in truth trying to take on more than two tasks …
Managing Agile Projects This is a very practical yet thought–provoking book. The book brings in a lot of thinking from …
Stop Listening to Your Users Users are often kept at arm's length. We ask them for their input on the design, but then we, as …
Extreme Project Management This excellent book dramatically advances the start–of–the–art in agile project management. It goes …
Return on Software: Maximizing the Return on Your Software Investment This book is the only book of its kind. It covers everything you need to know to make intelligent …
Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products This is a wonderful and highly practical book. Within hours of putting it down I was already …
Agile Project Management with Scrum Agile Project Management with Scrum is a wonderful book. The author, Ken Schwaber (one of the …
Managing Software for Growth This book starts by describing how Taylor’s Scientific Management has lead us down the incorrect …
Introducing An Agile Process to an Organization The transition from a plan-driven to an agile process affects not only the development team …
Configuration Bugs that Bite Over the years we've come up with many useful database development techniques. This article …
The Need for Agile Project Management Ken Schwaber and I co-wrote this article to help counter the misperception that agile projects do …
Software Configuration Management Patterns I knew this book would be different from the use of “Teamwork” in its subtitle. Many of the …
Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering How can you not like a book whose first section is called “The most important factor in software …
4 Metrics to Support Project Estimates This article describes some very useful metrics that are probably worth collecting on any project.
Agile Software Development with Scrum This is the book I’ve been wanted for years. Until this book, the Scrum development process was not …
