Stop the Chaos: How to Build an Effective Work Intake Process
Let’s talk about something that’s hiding in plain sight but derailing teams everywhere: how work comes to your teams. You know, that messy process where…
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Behaviors and Culture Can Impair Creating Good Product
When adopting an agile way of working, changing culture not the banner you put up on the wall. Instead, we apply a set of good practices that help to…
Words Mean Things – Waterfall
Talking about waterfall project management is not something we hear as much in 2022 as we did in 2012 - ten years has changed a lot. That said, I sti…
Efficient vs Effective Management: Why Both Matter for Agile Teams
It seems like there are many words we use that may or may not be the meaning or context we actually want as an outcome. The words efficient and effec…
Best Day Ever
Back in 2015, I originally wrote this article on Agile Bacon. I wrote this at time while working with teams and leaders that seemed to be struggling …
10 Causes of Chaos in Agile Software Product Development
It is not too uncommon for teams to have ebbs-and-flows on the roller-coaster of Forming-Storming-Norming-Peforming. But when teams are using agile f…
A Task by Any Other Name – A To-Do
High-performing agile teams are considered self-organizing and accountable. These attributes are put on display during sprint planning when the team …
Testivus for the Rest of Us: A Whole Team Testing Experience
Dealing with defects and staying on top of code bugs can be challenging for teams when you are chasing a release date. Well, take a step back and set…
10 Ideas to Make Backlog Refinement Rock
No matter what agile framework you are using, the value of an awesome, team-oriented backlog refinement is amazing for the delivery of products your c…
Using a Hero’s Journey to Create an Inspiring Vision
A key ingredient to grit is having a mental image of what things will look like if we are successful. Well, that is what a great vision can do for us…