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    Category: Planning

    Agile For All’s Helpful Quote of the Week (April 7, 2021)

    Sprint Planning Meetings for 2-week sprints should take 4 hours or less. However, the first one you ever do will be the worst 10-12 hours…

    Bob Hartman 2021-04-07
    0 Comments

    “We don’t expect a perfect Sprint. We expect a perfect effort.” – i.e. Commitment

    As I train and coach Scrum across the country, I’m often struck with the power how certain words can create a sense of fear in…

    Henry Dittmer 2017-05-16
    3 Comments

    New to agile? Remember, sometimes things get crazy!

    Do you ever get so frustrated you feel like pulling your hair out?  I do (although that is NOT a picture of me to the…

    Bob Hartman 2010-07-27
    4 Comments

    Agile antipattern: Taking on large stories

    Earlier this week I posted a blog entry “Agile antipattern: Burndown charts that hide the truth” which dealt with one way a burndown chart could…

    Bob Hartman 2009-12-09
    5 Comments

    Agile antipattern: Waiting for all the requirements before starting

    Time for a short blog entry (I tend to be way too verbose!). I often see teams trying to make sure they have all of…

    Bob Hartman 2009-07-16
    4 Comments

    New to agile? What to do when you are behind

    Wow, has it really been more than a month since I posted something on my blog?  Ouch!  I guess I’ve been busier than I thought. …

    Bob Hartman 2009-07-06
    11 Comments

    How to make a LOT more money using agile

    Yesterday’s blog post dealt with how to manage scope for an agile project.  Today I have to admit it was a bit of a setup. …

    Bob Hartman 2009-05-27
    2 Comments

    New to agile? 3 ways to cut scope (and live)

    The primary way I see teams release products faster is by reducing the scope of each product.  However, this can’t be done in an arbitrary…

    Bob Hartman 2009-05-26
    3 Comments

    New to agile? Remember how to say “No”

    No.  Only two letters.  Very simple word.  Yet for some reason, with the exception of when we are at “the terrible 2’s” stage of life…

    Bob Hartman 2009-05-18
    4 Comments

    New to agile? INVEST in good user stories

    As a <user> I want <function> so that<value>. Above is a very simple user story template.  How can something so simple be so hard to…

    Bob Hartman 2009-05-14
    30 Comments

    Agile antipattern: Comparing velocity between teams

    I recently saw an excellent blog post about iteration velocity.  Good reading in general, but the last paragraph really got my attention and is why…

    Bob Hartman 2009-04-30
    2 Comments

    New to agile? Do the simplest thing that works – THEN STOP!

    As an agile trainer and coach I often see new teams struggle with a simple question: “How much to do on a user story?”  A lot…

    Bob Hartman 2009-04-27
    0 Comments

    Ten Ways to Improve Your Planning Poker Results

    People who promote the use of Planning Poker understand some of the main reasons why it is successful.  People like Mike Cohn have been very instrumental…

    Bob Hartman 2009-04-02
    5 Comments

    Agile antipattern: Moving work from one iteration to the next

    All agile teams start at something less than the completely proficient level.  Nearly all of those teams do not successfully complete their very first iteration. …

    Bob Hartman 2009-03-16
    7 Comments

    Agile antipattern: But the development lead said it would take way less time than that

    I’d be rich if I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard this, or something very similar to it, in the past 30 years!  Alright,…

    Bob Hartman 2009-03-02
    1 Comments

    New to agile? Remember one thing: Just enough, just in time

    If you lived through the past few decades you have undoubtedly heard the time “Just in Time” (JIT) as applied to manufacturing.  This is the…

    Bob Hartman 2009-02-23
    8 Comments

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