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Agile, Facilitation, Leadership, Productivity

Enabling Self-Organization in your Agile Team

In Scrum and Kanban self-organizing teams are touted as the “engine” that rapidly and responsively...

Agile, Kanban, Scrum

What is the difference between Scrum and Kanban?

Both Scrum and Kanban provide principles and practices that you can apply to deliver high-quality...

Product Backlog, Product Owner, Scrum, Spring Refinement, sprint planning, Sprints

Is Your Team’s Sprint Planning Broken?

Scrum is a framework that operates in a rhythmic cadence called “sprints,” which are fixed...

Agile, Cost Savings, Kanban, Productivity, Scrum

How Agile Leads to Cost Savings

In the past two decades, Agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban have exploded in popularity...

Scrum Events, Sprint, sprint planning, Sprint Review

What a Sprint Review Is… and Isn’t

The Scrum framework includes a pattern of five activities that allow a small team to...

Agile coach, LeSS, SAFe, Scaling

4 Reasons Why Agile Scaling Goes Wrong

Agile frameworks are predicated on the notion of forming small, cross-functional teams. A low number...

Agile Coaching, agile metrics

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...

Agile Coaching

How to Become a Great Agile Coach

Coaching, like any great skill, takes time and practice. It requires a continuous cycle of...

Conflict Resolution, Facilitation, Leadership, Professional Development

My 3 Favorite Facilitation Tips for Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Leaders

Effective and open communication within a group is a core feature of any high performing...

Agile coach, Anti-Pattern, Product Owner, Scrum, Scrum Master

When the Scrum Master Role is Set Up to Be an Anti-Pattern

Sometimes an organization struggles to understand the value proposition of a Scrum Master. The role...

Cost Savings, Revenue

How Agile Leads to Increased Revenue

If you like money and like delivering valuable solutions to your users, Agility helps you...

Cross-Functional Team

What is a Cross-Functional Scrum Team?

Cross Functional Teams MBABrief.com defines a cross-functional team as “a group of people whose members...