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Which Agile scaling model is right for me? 3 questions to help you decide today!
Once you have mastered Scrum and Kanban, the logical next step is usually scaling. What is scaling Agile? The simplest…
Product Backlog Management – 3 Common Mistakes to Avoid
Working with Agile teams requires a lot of discipline, and one of the things that can create challenges for the…
Launching a Virtual Agile Team? 3 Bad Habits to Avoid!
It seems that distributed or virtual Agile teams are becoming almost the standard nowadays, as companies are looking to leverage…
Requirements vs. Features – Which is Best For You?
While there are many different ways to design and build a product or solution, one thing remains the same no…
Building Adaptable Teams the Marine Core Way
In this video, Anne Steiner shares characteristics of the United States Marine Core that can be applied to professional teams…
5 Agile Retrospective Formats to Put in Your Toolkit
The original title of this article was going to be “Which format(s) to use for Agile retrospectives”. As soon as…
LACE & PMO – Do you need just one or both?
LACE & PMO - Do you need just one or both? According to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), the Lean-Agile Center…
Design Thinking Culture-Generating the Buy-In from Leadership
Change is hard, especially in large enterprises when many departments are impacted by how an organization operates. A popular question…
Improving Team Retrospectives by Focusing on Individuals
Every Scrum Master has experienced the dreaded “retrospective eye roll.” Sometimes it is the subtle sigh of a team member…
Continuous Improvement – Myth or Reality?
Let’s be honest. Change is hard and takes a lot of work. It requires time, effort, and likely money to…
Writing User Stories: My Favorite Format
Sometimes, conveying a user story in the equivalent of a tweet-sized sentence just doesn’t work very well for me. After…
3 Core Skills that All Scrum Masters Need to Know
When I work with teams that are just starting to adopt Scrum, I often get many of the same questions.…