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This is a collection of my top Agile blogs. In it, you will find numerous articles on various topics such as Scrum, Product Ownership, and more.

More Great Agile Debates, Part 6

May 16, 2023 by Rachael
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Hear five more agile great debates: time-boxes, Scrum Masters, Managers at Retros, Scrum Teams staying together, and is Scrum for everything?

Categories Agile, Product Ownership, Retrospectives, Scrum, Scrum Master, Scrum Team

More Agile Great Debates – Part 5

May 15, 2023May 12, 2023 by Rachael
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The fifth episode of “More Agile Great Debates” covers conflict, leadership, technical P.O.s, who writes User Stories, and extending Sprints.

Categories Agile, Product Ownership, Scrum, Scrum Master, Scrum Team, Sprints

The Great User Story Debate: To Assign or Not to Assign on Agile Teams

May 11, 2023May 10, 2023 by Rachael
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Should Sprint Backlog Items (aka User Stories) be assigned to an individual, or left un-assigned? This is my latest Agile great debate.

Categories Agile, Scrum Team, Sprint Backlog, Sprint Planning, User Stories

My Scrum Team Doesn’t Want to do some Events

April 19, 2023 by Rachael
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Each event of Scrum has a specific audience and purpose. While skipping some might be tempting, you might want to read this before doing so.

Categories Agile, Daily Scrum, Retrospectives, Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprints, Stakeholders, User Stories

More Agile Great Debates, Part 4

May 15, 2023March 30, 2023 by Rachael
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In the fourth installment of my blog series on “More Agile Great Debates,” I dive into another five topics that people like to argue about.

Categories Agile, Product Ownership, Scrum, Scrum Guide, Scrum Master, Scrum Team, Sprint Goal, Sprints, Transformation

More Agile Great Debates, Part 3

May 15, 2023March 28, 2023 by Rachael
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Part 3 of my blog series covering “More Agile Great Debates” delves into five more debate topics that I hope will spark some conversations.

Categories Agile, Product Backlog, Product Ownership, Project Management, Scrum

More Great Agile Debates, Part 2

May 23, 2023March 22, 2023 by Rachael
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In the second part of my blog series on “Agile’s Great Debates,” learn about five more agile topics that people argue about and disagree on.

Categories Agile, Product Ownership, Retrospectives, Scrum, Scrum Team, Sprint Review, Sprints

More Great Agile Debates, Part 1

May 15, 2023March 14, 2023 by Rachael
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My previous “Great Agile Debates” have proven extremely popular, so I thought I would add to this body of knowledge with a new blog series.

Categories Agile, Daily Scrum, Product Backlog, Product Goal, Product Ownership, Retrospectives, Scrum, Scrum Guide, Scrum Master, Scrum Team, Sprint Backlog, Sprint Goal, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Vision

There isn’t a Project Manager role in Scrum (Agile)

December 28, 2022 by Rachael
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There, I said it. I know it’s controversial, but it’s true: there isn’t a Project Manager role in Scrum or Agile. That is, while there is no Project Manager in Scrum, many project management activities still need to happen. They just occur at different times and in different formats. PMs have struggled to find their …

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Categories Agile, Project Management, Scrum

Are there any Special Types of Sprints in Scrum?

December 15, 2022 by Rachael
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Nothing in The Scrum Guide says you can’t pick a specific purpose for a Sprint, but is it a good practice? Are there special types of Sprints?

Categories Agile, Product Ownership, Scrum, Scrum Team, Sprint Review, Sprints
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