Importance versus value
Recently I saw a flipchart with a classic diagram on it. You might have seen it before. It’s a grid with urgency on one axis… Read More »Importance versus value
Recently I saw a flipchart with a classic diagram on it. You might have seen it before. It’s a grid with urgency on one axis… Read More »Importance versus value
Often we encounter companies that have far more demand than their software teams can service. Once we’ve made this visible, the next step is figuring… Read More »Prioritisation using Cost of Delay
I love story maps. I love that they are big and visible. That at one glance you can see what is going to be delivered… Read More »Theme Release Backlog
It’s sometimes difficult to make stories small enough so that a team can deliver several of them in a two week sprint. Scrum works much… Read More »Breaking Down User Stories
At the London Scrum Gathering I shared a technique I use to calculate development costs for capitalisation without needing developers to track hours. I promised… Read More »How to Calculate Capitalisation Costs in Scrum without Timesheets
Many people like to have formal documentation to read about Scrum. There are many books that you can buy and there are also many great… Read More »Scrum e-books
Coaching Agile Retrospectives: Making good teams great by Esther Derby and Diana Larsen Coaching Agile Teams by Lyssa Adkins Agile Coaching by Rachel Davies Collaboration Explained by Jean… Read More »Recommended Books
As mentioned in the Fixed Price Fixed Date Scrum post, there are some techniques you can use to help you build a release plan that you can… Read More »Release Planning with Scrum
Often when talking to people transitioning to agile or thinking about it I get asked the question: “Agile seems great, but in our business we… Read More »Fixed Date Fixed Scope Scrum
We all know the importance of communication. It’s one of the corporate values of many companies. We often hear: “we should communicate more”; “there is… Read More »Communicating Status