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Why Stretched Teams do Scrumban

A few years ago Corey Ladas wrote an article about an Agile approach he called “Scrumban”. As the name suggests, this is a variant of Scrum with...

0 replies - 1261 views - 04/18/13 by Ian Mitchell in Articles

How I Organize My Work (with 'Remember the Milk')

Frequently people ask me, “How can you be so productive?” The question seems a bit strange to me, because I often consider myself not productive at...

0 replies - 1895 views - 04/17/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles

Requirements and Specifications

As I was saying in my last blog, I’m preparing for a talk at Skills Matter entitled: “Business Analyst, Product Manager, Product Owner, Spy!” which I...

0 replies - 1603 views - 04/17/13 by Allan Kelly in Articles

Create Authentic Connections with Influence Maps

(Joint post with Olaf Lewitz - Temenos Series) In the course of our lives, we all encounter events that shape us, allow us to change and grow, that...

0 replies - 791 views - 04/17/13 by Michael Sahota in Articles

“Why You No Train?”

It's a simple question. So why don’t you get more training? Do you feel that you already operate effectively? Is there no more stuff to learn? Do you think...

0 replies - 1322 views - 04/16/13 by Peter Pilgrim in Articles

Agile Product Planning: Vision, Strategy, and Tactics

Product planning is just as important in an agile context as it is in a traditional setting. Unfortunately, some product owners focus so much on the product...

0 replies - 2533 views - 04/15/13 by Roman Pichler in Articles

TargetProcess 2.24: Relations Network, new Visual Reports, and more.

We are excited to announce a new major spring 2013 release!TargetProcess 2.24.0 includes quite a few small and big improvements. Check what we’ve done...

0 replies - 717 views - 04/13/13 by Olga Kouzina in Articles

Timebox != Commitment

Procrastinating this evening, I got lost in a long stream of tweets about timeboxing, fascinated at how much disdain was aimed at a simple unit of time, and...

0 replies - 3175 views - 04/13/13 by Tobias Mayer in Articles

Self Assessment Tool for Transitioning to Agile

Over on agileconnection, a user asked about a self-assessment tool for measuring agile maturity. That’s not exactly the right question, because agile...

0 replies - 1496 views - 04/12/13 by Johanna Rothman in Articles

Digging Into "Fail Fast, Fail Often"

In the article, "Psychology and the Agile Methodology," the concept of embracing failure was put under the microscope. In summary, although agile encourages...

1 replies - 2393 views - 04/11/13 by Zac Gery in Articles

ScrumMaster Can be a Tough Job

I’m writing about a talk given by Paul Hodgetts at Agile 2009 called “ScrumMasters Considered Harmful – Where Did We Go Wrong?” (Link to full...

0 replies - 1570 views - 04/11/13 by Michael Sahota in Articles

What is the #1 Benefit of TDD?

I was asked this question when I led a TDD open session at the Israeli Software Craftsmanship User Group. My answer: It makes you think before you write...

0 replies - 3799 views - 04/10/13 by Gil Zilberfeld in Articles

Relatedness Trumps Responsibility, Accountability

Relatedness is the heart of high-performing teams and organizations. As stated in the Agile Manifesto, focus on “Individuals and Interactions” is...

0 replies - 906 views - 04/10/13 by Michael Sahota in Articles

Product Ownership in Practice

Scrum has simple rules about team composition. There is the Development Team plus exactly one Scrum Master and exactly one Product Owner. Due to potential...

0 replies - 1465 views - 04/10/13 by Ian Mitchell in Articles

Self Organizing Teams and New York Soda Ban

Following article got published on Techwell All of you have probably heard the news involving the recent ban on larger soda sizes in New York and the...

0 replies - 1059 views - 04/09/13 by Venkatesh Kris... in Articles