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Small Agile User Stories Reduce Variability in Velocity, Improve Predictability
If you estimate the size of your Agile user stories in relative story points, realize that the more large stories you have in your backlog, the less reliable will be your velocity (trend) for planning...
View ArticleUnderlying Mechanisms of Team Based Scrum
It’s getting all too common to walk into an organization that thinks they are doing Scrum, but isn’t seeing any real benefit from their efforts. They’ll think they’re doing Scrum because everyone...
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Failure Modes of Team Based Scrum
My take is that when you stop thinking about Scrum in terms of roles, ceremonies, and artifacts… it opens up the conversation to look at what’s really going on with your struggling Scrum...
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Don’t Sell me Agile, Solve my Problem
A while back I was invited to the AITP Atlanta Chapter for a CIO roundtable discussion that involved questions on agile. The event was a great success and I came away with a bunch of great insights...
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Top 10 Negative Personas of a Daily Standup Meeting
Agile teams should be holding a daily standup meeting. Don’t think of it as a daily planning meeting. Think of it as a daily opportunity to have a shared understanding of what is getting done and...
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