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The age-old question: What could possibly keep a Scrum Master busy all day? Many organizations make the mistake of limiting this role to just the team level. That’s a big...

Cluster backlog items, surface hidden blockers, and walk into the workshop with a clear picture instead of a guess. Why This Matters.A quarterly roadmap isn’t a promise; it’s a conversation...

Why This Matters. Long-time readers know we’ve joked about strict Definition-of-Ready checklists before. A simple list can’t capture every detail of product discovery work, and teams sometimes misuse DoR as...

Why This Matters.A sprint planning session is too costly to spend half of it arguing whether a feature is “big” or “small.” By letting AI draft an initial Impact and...

Backlog refinement has always been a tedious task (whether using Scrum, Waterfall, Kanban, etc.): the Product Manager and a few dedicated allies sift through hundreds of support tickets, Slack rants...

Backlog refinement often stalls because teams spend precious time translating customer feedback into clear, testable work items. Used thoughtfully, AI can accelerate that step and free people to focus on...

The age-old question. Let's dive in! Choosing a workflow framework shouldn’t feel like choosing a religion; let’s ground the debate in first principles and practical signalsWhat Is Kanban, Really? Kanban...

The Pain.Every time a pull request crosses oceans, the review clock resets. Dallas pushes code at 5 p.m., while London’s still asleep; Sydney won’t see it until tomorrow, and by...

Let's think about this for a second...Do you really need to choose a scaling framework? The moment your teams outgrow a single Sprint Review, the search term “SAFe vs LeSS...

Yesterday’s Async Cadence Manifesto demonstrated how fully distributed teams, people spread across the world, can replace long Zoom meetings with 90-second Loom handoffs. Today, we focus on a more common...

You can’t refactor the planet, London will never share sunrise with Dallas, but you can refactor how work crosses those lines. My rule of thumb is to stack a squad...

Your backlog is snarled; the “release train” is wobbling; the team is debating story-points like it’s fantasy football. Book an hour with Lance and unblock the sprint before lunch. Why...