Quick and Easy
I have one of the best jobs in the world. I enjoy what I do and I get to help other people succeed. The challenging part of the work that...
Metrics Drive Behavior...Right?
From the beginning of our existence, we have been surrounded by various forms of leadership. Whether the leadership was good or bad, that is a different question. We can agree...
Is Your Kitchen Clean?
I work with a lot of Scrum Teams and there are always some common things between the teams I work with and then some things that are drastically different. What...
Building Your Agile Muscle
Does your team have a definition of done (the list of valuable activities that assert quality in your product)? In the dictionary, the term done means: “Having been carried out...
Why Agile Teams Often Don't Thrive
On TUE May 19, we hosted Ron Jeffries (yes the guy who has been building software longer than you have been alive) at DFW Scrum. Ron is a frequent visitor...
Review Your Sprint Review
Imagine yourself a stakeholder in an organization that is adopting agile practices for software delivery. The teams have chosen Scrum as their agile management process. As part of this new...
Core Scrum Roles
Just like the US Government has 3 branches (Judicial, Executive, and Legislative Branches), Scrum has 3 roles. Many people compare the counter-balance of each roles in Scrum to that of...
Budget Your Backlog
We are all familiar with the concepts of budgets, right? Spend less money than you make, eat fewer calories than you burn, etc. Why is it so difficult to actually...
"Tracking" to Done in Scrum
There are many analogies in use today to help teams understand the "delivering incrementally" part of agile processes. At the core, we struggle to take our silo'd views of software...
The Agile Transformation
Many companies are trying to radically shift and adopt agile principles in their development efforts. In larger companies, the challenge can be great. Especially when working with people. People are...
The Role of a Project Manager in Scrum
We had a great turnout at DFW Scrum last TUE for "The Role of the Project Manager in Scrum". Many organizations struggle with what to do with the Project Manager...
The Flat Tire
In regards to Scrum, many people struggle to wrap their heads around the process. While it is a fairly simple framework with very little rules and prescription, it is very...