Why a Forecast is SO MUCH BETTER Than a Commitment
The Scrum Guide says that a Scrum team makes a forecast during Sprint Planning, but managers want a commitment. What’s the difference and why is a forecast much better than a commitment?
How We Kill Productivity Instead of Improving It
Around the world, people are getting sicker and sicker. But COVID isn’t the culprit.
A Little of a Lot Instead of a Lot of a Little
A piece of advice I find myself always giving to Product Owners goes to the very heart of how empiricism (the basic workflow of a good Scrum team) is supposed to work. It makes all the difference in the world to effective product ownership.
Development and Support at the Same Time?
How can a development team focus on max product value while also handling support-based interruptions? Here are a few things to pay attention to!
3 Power Skills of Strong Leaders
Click here to watch a video recording of one of our recent webinars entitled 3 Power Skills of Strong Leaders, hosted in January 2021.
The Truth About Sprint Reviews Webinar
The full video webinar and a downloadable copy of all the slides is now available for our webinar on The Truth About Sprint Reviews - access it all here!
Scaling Scrum Webinar
We recently hosted a webinar to discuss Scaling Scrum, and we're happy to share a video recording of the webinar, plus downloadable slides, with you.
The Importance of Value to the Product Owner
Understanding outcome value isn’t just beneficial, it’s critically important. After all, delivering value is our priority!
Advice for Scrum Leaders During COVID-19
This video provides advice to Scrum leaders working with virtual (remote) teams, including problems, feedback, and more.
Sprint Operations for Virtual Teams
As COVID-19 stretches teamwork limits, here's some tips for Scrum in a virtual environment, including daily Scrum, backlog refinement, Sprints, and more.
It’s All About Value
One small change can make a BIG difference to your Product Owner success. Before worrying about putting value on backlog items, here's some simple tips.
Simplify Your Work by Slicing
When slicing a backlog item, we're taking a complex problem and paring it down into smaller problems, which are easier to solve and build.