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...
A-CSM & CSP-SM: What’s In It For You?
Why were A-CSM and CSP-SM created? Created by the Scrum Alliance and started in 2002,...
7 Reasons You Can’t Stabilize Velocity & How to Fix It
On Scrum teams, velocity represents how much work a team can do each sprint. For...
A ScrumMaster’s Checklist for Problem-Solving
In my blog post, “Growing and Improving as a ScrumMaster,” I wrote: So, how do...