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Agile Leader, Leadership

The Top Behaviors of a Bad Agile Manager

Successful organizations hire quality managers who understand Agile and not only talk the talk, but...

Retrospective, Sprint Review

Common Questions About Sprint Review

The Scrum Guide states the following about Sprint Review: The purpose of the sprint review...

How to Become a Great Agile Coach

Like any great skill, becoming a great Agile coach takes time and practice. It requires...

Leadership, Professional Development

The Best Facilitation Tips for Scrum Teams

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

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...

How Agile Leads to Increased Revenue

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

Kanban

Improving Scrum Using Kanban Work-In-Progress Limits

You limit work-in-progress (WIP) in Scrum to the work items in your sprint backlog. Doing...

Scaling, Scrum

5 Qualities of a Great Agile Coach

It’s easy for someone to call themselves an Agile coach. Certifications don’t necessarily guarantee real-world...

Product Owner, Scrum Developer, Scrum Master, Scrum Team

A Day in the Life of the Scrum Team

A client recently asked me, “Can you tell me what the members of the Scrum...

Scrum Master

Three Reports Expert Scrum Masters Use

Intro Reports are an invaluable tool to monitor the health of your system. You use...

Scrum Master

5 Myths About Your Daily Scrum Meeting

The daily Scrum meeting is both the most familiar and most misunderstood event in the...

sprint planning

Stop Adding Tasks to User Stories

Creating tasks for each user story before implementation may seem like it is adding value...