Pedram Malek’s family immigrated to Canada when he was still young. He grew up just outside of Toronto where, in high school, he discovered programming. Is his computer studies classes, […]
Promise Less for Better Sprints
We all do it from time to time: over-commit and under-deliver in sprints. In our work as Agile coaches, we at BERTEIG often encounter teams that are not able to […]
Definition of Done 101
The Dictionary Definition of Done Scrum does not tell us the exact Definition of Done… rather, it gives us some principles to work from. Consider: where does the definition of […]
Scrum is NOT for Project Management
Once Again for Emphasis: Scrum is NOT a Project Management Framework Scrum is for complex product development, enhancement or maintenance, not project management. The authors of the Scrum framework assert […]
How to Deal With a Problem Team Member
One of my very earliest coaching experiences was at Capital One and, in 2005, I had the opportunity to learn how to deal with a problem team member. I had […]
Kanban as an Approach to Helping Teams Mature
Kanban is often seen as an evolutionary approach to Agility, rather than a revolutionary one. Unlike other Agile frameworks, that may sometimes promote wholesale changes to the process, the roles, and the […]