If you tuned into the “Building a great agile team” webinar, then you participated in a first for the JIRA team: We hosted three webinars in three different time zones to try and reach as many of our customers as…
Rally Software, Scaled Agile’s first gold partner, recently announced enhanced support for SAFe V 3.0 in both their product and service offerings: See https://www.rallydev.com/community/agile/expanding-rally-support-safe-30 I’m particularly happy to see the new release Planning Board, which helps agile programs create realistic release plans that consider feature…
Focus on the agile team With agile, it’s easy to talk about processes, ceremonies, and workflows. But it’s also easy to lose sight of the team. In this article, we’ll explore the dynamics of forming nimble agile teams and how to…
Over the past two weeks, I’ve described two alternative approaches to sprint planning: Velocity-Driven Sprint Planning Commitment-Driven Sprint Planning This week I want to address why I prefer commitment-driven sprint planning. First, though, here is a very brief refresher on…
When transitioning to agile from a strong command and control environment, many team members say as little as possible in Retrospectives. They are used to being told what to do, and do not want to seem like the ‘trouble maker’…
It’s always interesting to see opinions on SAFe from leaders in the field. In this case, SPC Em Campbell-Pretty took Mike Cohn’s CSM class. You have to admit, that should be interesting, indeed. See her post here. I’ll file this one under the Fun…