When should you re-estimate in Scrum
If we know one thing about estimates, it is that they are wrong. That’s okay, if they were correct we’d call them actuals. However estimates… Read More »When should you re-estimate in Scrum
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The Four Day Work Week
About a year ago, we made a fairly major decision at Growing Agile. We realised we were too busy, so we decided to work less. We… Read More »The Four Day Work Week
Interuptions, Support, Business as usual – how do these work in scrum
Most teams starting out with Scrum understand their backlog and what we called planned work. This is work that everyone grooms together and fully understands.… Read More »Interuptions, Support, Business as usual – how do these work in scrum
Do you know your stakeholders?
If you are lucky, you have direct access to your customers. In our experience very few Product Owners have this luxury – especially if they… Read More »Do you know your stakeholders?
Being Proactive vs Reactive
Most great leaders are calm and take things in their stride. Rarely are they seen running around like headless chickens. Yet, most managers seem to… Read More »Being Proactive vs Reactive
Product Owner Decision Making
The most important thing a Product Owner needs to do is say NO. If they don’t it results in a huge backlog with lots of items,… Read More »Product Owner Decision Making
Product Ownership – Dealing with capacity and prioritisation
Last night we did a talk for SUGSA (the Scrum User Group of South Africa). It was a blast and full of eager learners 🙂… Read More »Product Ownership – Dealing with capacity and prioritisation
Coaching product owners effectively
This post is about a talk Karen and I did at Agile2014. Do you have Product Owners or work with them? This talk is aimed… Read More »Coaching product owners effectively
A handy guide for coaching Product Owners
We often coach Product Owners. One of the things we’ve come to realise over time is that 2 day theoretical courses out of the office… Read More »A handy guide for coaching Product Owners
A technique to help Prioritise your Backlog
As a Product Owner do you ever feel that you have too much work and not enough capacity, or have too many stakeholders yelling for their… Read More »A technique to help Prioritise your Backlog