Why “Just put it in the backlog” is a terrible idea
While this saying of “just put it in the backlog” started with good intentions, the results can be devastating in the long run.
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Scrum
What is Planning Poker?
Planning poker is an Agile technique invented by James Greening, one of the signatories of the Agile Manifesto. At that time, late 1990’s they were all uncovering better ways of
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You are doing Scrum wrong!
Are you doing scrum wrong? Yes, it is possible that people are doing it wrong, including you and your teams. Is your company doing massive plannings, probably every quarter, including
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Scrum has too many meetings!
I really hear this a lot and I don’t want to sound pedantic, but I will start with my view: Scrum has zero meetings. Scrum has events. And no, this
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Why Sprint Goals are key for Sprint effectiveness
Scrum has evolved over the course of 25 years, which is expected. It is a great testament to the meta inspection and adaption that it represents. With the recent evolutions,
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From Daily Standup to Daily Cafe
I already introduced in another post the importance of Cadences and Daily Standup to give the team a rhythm and a moment to synchronize. Any Agile framework will introduce this
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Every Agile team should adopt #noestimates
How many story points should your team be delivering? That’s the sort of questions I heard more than enough when helping new teams. I see metrics deriving from it and
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How to start out as a Scrum Master
Having been one myself and having mentored and partnered with dozens of Scrum Masters in the past three years I feel this is about the time I write post about
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A deeper look on Scrum 5 values
In 2020 Scrum celebrated 25 years of existence and a new edition of the Scrum Guide came to light. That prompted a lot of discussions among Scrum Masters and coaches
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The 5 stages of a retrospective
Everyone who worked with me know of my strong appreciation for retrospectives. It does not matter if a team is running on Scrum, I think this is a practice for
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