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The role of a Product Owner can be especially intimidating for those that are new to the role. Many organizations that are looking to...

"Come yourself or send no one." This quote comes from W. Edwards Deming. Deming was a management consultant who was sending a message to...

There are definitely some downsides to overtime: -The team may start to burnout -The increase in velocity may become an expectation -It...

Is there a difference and if so, what is the difference? All 3 are important and there is definitely overlap. Consulting typically...

March 2017 we shared a blog about adding “Admit when you’re wrong” to your working agreement. 2.5 years later, we have another one for...

(This applies to Scrum Masters and Product Owners) You've just completed Sprint Planning, the team has already returned to their work...

This blog is NOT about distributed teams and running distributed retrospectives. This blog IS about collocated or kinda collocated teams...

It's always tempting to aim for efficiency. Why wouldn't you? It doesn't make sense for people to be idle when the could be busy. Maybe...

As you progress through an Agile Transformation, many people will be asking the question as to whether or not they’re better off. For...

You already know the answer. There is no best tool. The best tool is the one that works best for you. That doesn’t mean your organization...

Not many people have achieved 6 Championships so it's probably not easy. It likely requires hard work, dedication, attention to detail,...

Whether or not a Scrum Master has a technical background, there are going to be instances when the Scrum Master struggles to understand...

Let's discuss the situation where the team did not create the defect in the first place. Maybe the team inherited a system that was full...

As you progress through your Agile journey you may start to notice that you (consciously or unconsciously) look for ways to help fellow...

Multi Team Retrospectives can be very different than individual team retrospectives. Simply put, encompassing more people introduces...

When splitting user stories it can be a daunting task to get Agile teams to conform to INVEST. INVEST -Independent -Negotiable -Valuable...

“Exploit the constraint” comes from Dr. Eli Goldratt's book The Goal, where he identifies Five Focusing Steps as a way to continuously...

In Theory: Agile teams aren't supposed to have a team lead. After all, Scrum doesn't have a role for that. Besides, Agile teams are...

If you were to poll all the Scrum experts on the most important Scrum ceremony, I'm sure there would NOT be a clear winner. In fact, an...

As you're probably already aware, the current version of the Scrum Guide indicates that the Daily Scrum consist of the following 3...

So you just finished an Iteration and you're supremely frustrated for a variety reasons: -The team didn't complete all the stories they...

A highly visible Impediments Board can make a huge difference. In fact, this type of information radiator may be your only mechanism to...

Allow the team to Fail What? That's crazy talk. Why would I ever do that? What good can possibly come of that? Standing by and watching...

You may recognize the title as the 10th Agile Principle.  The exact wording is actually, "Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of...