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More Agile Great Debates – Part 9

May 25, 2023 by Rachael
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In this episode of “More Agile Great Debates,” I tackle five more topics: Generalist vs. Specialist, Quality, Canceling Sprints, and more!

Categories Agile, Business Analysis, Product Backlog, Product Ownership, Project Management, Scrum, Scrum Master, Scrum Team, Sprints

It’s not “Done” until it meets your Definition of Done

October 11, 2022 by Rachael
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A “Definition of Done” is a commitment to deliver a working increment meeting defined quality criteria to ensure the increment is complete.

Categories Acceptance Criteria, Accountabilities, Agile, Presentations, Product Backlog, Scrum

How to Help Executives Understand Agile

October 18, 2022September 15, 2022 by Rachael
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For agile transformations to succeed, they must have top-down support from executives who really understand what it means to be agile.

Categories Agile, Product Backlog, Product Goal, Product Ownership, Scrum, Scrum Guide, Scrum Team, Sprints, Value, Vision

What’s a Definition of Ready, and do you need one?

March 23, 2022March 22, 2022 by Rachael
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The Definition of Ready confirms the suitability of a User Story for development. If you want to produce quality increments, you need one!

Categories Acceptance Criteria, Agile, Product Ownership, Scrum, Scrum Team, User Stories

10 Ways to Recruit Potential New Employees

February 1, 2022 by Rachael
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Recruiting is the second phase of the Employee Life Cycle. Use traditional methods, but also explore ten more ways to recruit new employees.

Categories Communication, Employment, Leadership

Who owns Quality on a Scrum Team?

July 23, 2021May 6, 2021 by Rachael
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Unfortunately, quality is often skipped or overlooked when developing products using an Agile approach. So, who owns quality in Scrum?

Categories Acceptance Criteria, Agile, Product Ownership, Quality Assurance, Scrum, User Stories

Anti-patterns that Doom a Product Owner to Fail

May 9, 2022April 9, 2021 by Rachael
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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.

Categories Agile, Leadership, Product Ownership, Scrum
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