Even though the concept of self-organizing teams has been around for a long time, still some people think that a project manager or team lead should be assigning tasks to […]
Excessive Analysis and Planning
Regular big up-front analysis and planning is not necessary with Scrum. Instead, just get started and use constant feedback in the Sprint Review to adjust the team’s plans. Create the […]
Summary of User Stories: The Three “C”s and INVEST
User Stories We provide in-depth simulation-based training for Product Owners and a large portion of that training is focused on user stories. Please consider our public Certified Scrum Product Owner […]
21 Tips for Choosing a Sprint Length
Many teams that I work with choose their Sprint length without too much thought. Often enough, that’s okay and it works out. But, in some cases, it helps to think […]
Value-Added Work: Basic Lean Concepts
As consultants, one of our first assessment tasks involves discovering the amount of value added work in a client’s organization vs. non-value-added work. In assessing a process, it is important […]