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3 Warning Signs That Your Sprint Planning Is Failing, and 3 Ideas to Fix It
If your Scrum team is struggling to consistently meet it’s Sprint Goals, there could be a number of potential causes…
3 Warning Signs That Your Backlog Refinement Is Failing, and 3 Ideas to Fix It
Backlog Refinement, or commonly known as “Backlog Grooming”, is an essential activity that many Scrum teams fail to execute consistently…
3 Warning Signs That Your Agile Transformation Is Failing, and 3 Ideas to Fix It
Over the past decade, I have worked with several companies to assist them with their Agile transformation initiatives. Each experience…
Do You need an SPC to be an Agile Coach? 3 Questions to Help You Decide Today!
Recently, a former colleague of mine who is working as a Scrum Master ask me a question that I don’t…
5 Powerful Tips for Preparing for Scrum Master Job Interview
Over my career, I have had the opportunity to recruit and build teams which has been a rewarding experience for…
5 Things You Need to Stop Doing With Your Daily Scrum
The Daily Scrum is one of the most common practices that new teams begin to learn how to apply the…
5 Things You Need to Stop Doing at the Sprint Retrospective
One of my co-workers recently asked me a question that I have heard many times before, “What’s the point of…
Five Transformational Steps Toward Increased Organizational Agility
As agile project management has become more prevalent in IT organizations, there has been an increasing trend toward overall organizational…
14th Annual State of Agile Report – 5 Key Results You Need to Know
The Annual State of Agile Report has become something of a standard in my organization over the past few years.…
Agile Change Management – 3 Tips for your Agile Adoption
Recently, I have been studying how people, teams, and organizations respond to change. This may seem surprising, but I have…
Agile Transformation Strategy – Top down or bottom up?
Over the past couple of years, I have worked with a variety of organizations to help them adopt Agile practices.…
Value Stream Mapping – The Secret Ingredient that your Agile Team is Missing
Have you ever been asked one of the following questions? What’s the value of adopting Agile? What’s the ROI for…