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As the singular prioritized list of desired work for your Agile team, the health of your product backlog reveals — more than any single artifact in Scrum or Kanban — your ability to deliver business value in the face of constant change. Skillful management of the product backlog starts with being aware of five common […]
What is the difference between Scrum and Kanban?
Both Scrum and Kanban provide principles and practices that you can apply to deliver high-quality solutions faster. They share many similarities, but have distinct differences. Both methods were originally developed for software development, however, can be applied to be more productive in any line of work. Overviews Scrum Scrum is a lightweight Agile framework that ...
How Agile Leads to Cost Savings
In the past two decades, Agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban have exploded in popularity...
4 Reasons Why Agile Scaling Goes Wrong
Agile frameworks are predicated on the notion of forming small, cross-functional teams. A low ...
Estimation: What Does It All Mean and What Should I Use?
When it comes to estimation, Scrum doesn’t explicitly give guidance in terms of what units t...
Why Agile Teams Use Fuzzy Estimation
Why teams estimate Nimble estimation of backlog items is a common feature of Agile frameworks...
Common Questions About Sprint Planning, Answered
The goal of sprint planning is to ensure the Product Owner (PO), Developers, and Scrum...
5 Myths About Your Daily Scrum Meeting
The daily Scrum meeting is both the most familiar and most misunderstood event in the...
Defects: Find Them Early, Fix Them Fast
“Most defects end up costing more than it would have cost to prevent them. Defects...
Stop Adding Tasks to User Stories
Creating tasks for each user story before implementation may seem like it is adding value...
The Three Inspect and Adapt Loops in Scrum
What’s Empirical Process Control and Why Do We Use It? Defined process control (DPC) methods...
The daily Scrum, sometimes referred to as a daily stand-up, is a quick team synch...
End Meeting Insanity! Learn to Facilitate
What is the biggest time-waster in your job? If you said “unproductive meetings,” then you...
Scrum Education Units (SEUs) and 5 Tips for Getting Them
If you have a Scrum Alliance certification, your certification is good for two years. Then,...
The Four Ultimate DevOps Don’t’s
Don’t put DevOps in a box Don’t ignore culture Don’t under-invest in automation Don’t bogart...
If You’re Not Using This #1 Kanban Strategy, You’re Losing Time and Money
“Start stopping and start finishing” is the ultimate way to increase efficiency. And yet, none...
Awareness and the Agile Leader
Much of the cultural change in adopting an Agile framework is restructuring our conceptions of...