How to Help Executives Understand Agile
For agile transformations to succeed, they must have top-down support from executives who really understand what it means to be agile.
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How to Screw Up Scrum
I can’t tell you how many times I have seen Scrum go wrong. If you want the perfect recipe for screwing up Scrum, you’re in the right place.
Anti-patterns that Doom a Product Owner to Fail
I have worked with good and bad Agile Product Owners, and I found some sure signs that a Product Owner is doomed to fail. Learn what they are.
Debate #20 – What are the official roles in Agile?
Agile teams are fully cross-functional so they can create a done increment each sprint. But what does that mean? Explore the official roles.
Debate #16: What is the optimal team size for Agile?
The Scrum Guide 2020 advises that teams of 10 people or less are small and nimble enough, but that any larger may be less effective.
Debate #15 – Can an Agile team work on more than one product at a time?
So, can one Agile Team work on more than one product or project at once? I prefer to work on one at a time, but this may not be your reality.
Debate #7 – Which “flavor” of Agile is best?
There are many flavors of Agile, but which one is best? Is it Scrum, XP, Lean, Kanban, or something else? See a comparison of the options.
Debate #6 –Should all your Agile teams be run the “same” way?
Does your organization have multiple Agile teams? If so, do you think they should all operate in the same way?
The once Self-organized, now Self-managed Scrum Team
Let me begin this blog with the fact that the updated 2020 Scrum Guide changed the term “self-organizing” to “self-managed”. I think this was a very appropriate change because that is what Scrum Teams truly do. They don’t just decide how to work together, they also direct their own work without anyone else telling them …
Why is Being an Agile Product Owner so Difficult?
The Product Owner is the KEY role on any agile Scrum Team. This role (now known as an “accountability”) is also the most difficult. The tagline most often associated with a PO is “value maximizer”. I love the sentiment, but there is so much more to the role than that. “The Product Owner is accountable …