The User Story is a tool developed with Extreme Programming that is almost universally accepted as part of Scrum. Product Backlog Items formatted as User Stories express the desired functionality […]
Essential Agile Metrics for Business
Companies have been using metrics for quite some time. Businesses use all kinds of measurements to understand what’s happening in the organization and how well they are satisfying their customers. […]
VIDEO: Kanban Board Basics
As BERTEIG partner Travis Birch says, Kanban isn’t just about the Kanban Board. It’s only one piece of the puzzle. But it’s an important one. The Kanban Board is arguably […]
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 […]
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 […]
Splitting User Stories
A common challenge faced by inexperienced Scrum teams is related to splitting user Stories (in Scrum, Product Backlog Items or PBIs) so that they are granular enough for development. 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 […]