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The impact on quality and predictability of Agile and XP
It’s always nice to look at real data and these two studies are worth their read. “Impact of Agile” from Rally compares the effect of WIP and estimation techniques on productivity and quality. “The State of Developer Productivity” by Rebel…
New SAFe Principles and Revised LSE Big Picture
Ok, so these are not the same topic, but they are related, so I thought one blog post could cover both … so … We’ve been working on highlighting the principles behind SAFe and SAFe LSE. In future versions of both,…
Are Vanity Metrics Really All That Bad?
The following was originally published in Mike Cohn's monthly newsletter. If you like what you're reading, sign up to have this content delivered to your inbox weeks before it's posted on the blog, here. I have a bit of a…
Multi team sprint planning
Scrum answers the question of how one team can effectively plan their work; however it does not address how multiple teams doing Scrum can effectively plan their work. What follows is a brief explanation of the multi-team sprint planning approach…
Time to Replace Backlog Grooming
The Problem Over the last few years, I’ve worked with numerous teams. One thing they all struggle with is backlog grooming. They all know they need to do it. Unfortunately, they all seem to struggle with when to do it or who…
5 reasons you should add Team Calendars to Confluence
A personal calendar is great for keeping track of your schedule—meetings, appointments, dinner plans. What a personal calendar is NOT great for is keeping track of what everyone on your team is doing. With each person’s different projects, leave requests,…
Do you know how to scale Scrum?
Find out with a short test? A single instance of Scrum has one Scrum Team that works from one Product Backlog. The team sprints against the selected Product Backlog items and creates an increment of potentially shippable, or usable, functionality…
Agile Needs to Be Both Iterative and Incremental
The following was originally published in Mike Cohn's monthly newsletter. If you like what you're reading, sign up to have this content delivered to your inbox weeks before it's posted on the blog, here. Scrum, like all of the agile…
Backlog Prioritisation Frameworks
You need to make quick prioritisation decisions that satisfy your short term goals and move you forward towards your strategic objectives. These decisions often need to compare very different types of work (e.g. Revenue generation vs. Enabling future features), which is…