Stay away from Vanity metrics
Continuous improvement is a term we hear often when referring to Agile teams and Agile product development. It is in the DNA of the agile movement and just as present […]
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Have you been using Liberating Structures?
On the second half of 2018 I was formally introduced to Liberating Structures in a meta-situation: a liberating structure in place that talked about liberating structures. It was an Agile
The case for estimation, capacity planning and forecasting: these are not the same!
When will that be ready? It is a question we all either asked or had to answer at least once, personally or professionally. And it makes sense: we, humans, exist
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Common mistakes when coaching a new Agile team
We coaches, most of us start off with a lot of energy and expectations when approaching a new coaching relationship. New possibilities, new people, new challenges. We hope we are
4 Common mistakes in Agile adoption
When an organization decides to adopt Agile it is tempting to select a framework and put it in place without reworking the company’s mindset. It is not uncommon to organize
A few words on story points
Story Points deserve more than a short blogging post to have all techniques and pros and cons considered. Nonetheless, I think I can make a case for something short and
On documentation
From the giant companies to the startups, if you have software development there is someone thinking about the documentation of it. Documentation of structures, of code interfaces, of feature behavior
Back to Basics – Scrum Roles
One of the pillars of Agility is to iterate. What I like about it is that you can iterate about almost anything. Your thoughts, your practices. And why not over
When all you have is a hammer
Agile being a mindset does not dictate any process, procedures, tools, anything. Now, such mindsets do get concrete at some point when people invent tools and frameworks to embody them.
What do you mean by Agile
Agile is a mindset. It does not mandate processes. It is not prescriptive. Neither are many of the tools that are commonly associated to it. Neither is Lean, another mindset