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    Tag: Scrum

    The Magic of 1-Day Sprints

    How long should your sprints be? Generally, 1-2 weeks, with a preference towards a shorter sprint. But that’s not what I’m writing about today. I…

    Richard Lawrence 2020-04-15
    2 Comments

    Top 3 Things I’ve Learned About Virtual Agile Training

    It’s been a whirlwind for many of us as we’ve adapted to the current work conditions – that’s equally true for us as Scrum Trainers…

    Steve Spearman 2020-04-01
    1 Comment

    What Is Agile Methodology and How Does It Work?

    What is Agile methodology? Well, Agile is not exactly a methodology. Technically, Agile is a set of values and principles. Agile can also be thought…

    Steve Spearman 2020-02-17
    0 Comments

    Story Splitting Poster Now Available in Portuguese

    Working in small increments of value—good user stories—is the key habit that makes the rest of Agile Software Development work. But people everywhere struggle to…

    Richard Lawrence 2020-02-05
    1 Comment

    Scrum Basics: When Should We Schedule Sprint Transitions?

    We’re often asked which day or days are best for scheduling the Sprint Planning, Review, and Retrospective meetings.

    Richard Lawrence 2014-08-05
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    Change Happens—So Make it Cheaper

    Change on software projects is expensive; it leads to wasteful rework. Change is risk. We can deal with risk one of two ways. We can…

    Richard Lawrence 2013-09-03
    1 Comment

    Functional Managers in Agile

    As an organization transforms to an agile way of working, functional managers (e.g. a dev manager or a test manager) can feel lost. Many of…

    Richard Lawrence 2012-11-19
    6 Comments

    Building a Useful Task Board

    The task board is a simple, yet powerful, tool for Scrum teams. As a coach, I can tell a lot about a team just by…

    Richard Lawrence 2011-11-21
    3 Comments

    Why Longer Sprints Probably Won’t Help

    As a coach, I’m frequently told, “Our sprint length is too short. We want to change it from X to Y weeks.” The time box—the…

    Richard Lawrence 2011-09-02
    4 Comments

    Another Story Splitting Pattern (Maybe)

    User stories are typically written using a template like, “As a <role>, I want to <action> so that <value>.” My other story splitting patterns focus…

    Richard Lawrence 2011-05-04
    6 Comments

    Want Productivity? Focus on Predictability Instead

    Focus your team on predictability, and productivity will come. Focus on productivity, and you’ll get neither productivity nor predictability.

    Richard Lawrence 2010-09-23
    2 Comments

    Growing DONE—How to Make the Definition of Done Work for Your Team

    Effective agile teams get things done. They build software day after day that’s not just “code complete” but really shippable. And when their product owner…

    Richard Lawrence 2009-12-21
    6 Comments

    How to Give a Great Sprint Demo

    Exciting. Entertaining. Do these words describe your sprint demo meetings? Or are boring and unfocused more accurate? I can’t believe how many times I’ve come…

    Richard Lawrence 2009-04-24
    14 Comments

    Continuous Deployment

    I’ve written before about the amazing financial impact of releasing more often. And I know from personal experience the positive impact that frequent releases have…

    Richard Lawrence 2009-02-13
    1 Comment

    7 Tips for a More Effective Daily Scrum

    The main purpose of the Daily Scrum is for team members to make and follow-up on commitments to one another that work towards the team’s…

    Richard Lawrence 2009-02-07
    9 Comments

    Agile Product Management Boot Camp

    Bob Hartman and I are offering an Agile Product Management Boot Camp course March 9-10 in Denver. If you’re a product manager, product owner, business…

    Richard Lawrence 2009-01-21
    0 Comments

    Short Answers #2: What to Focus on in 2009

    It’s officially a series now. In this Short Answers video, I answer the question, “If my Scrum team could work on one thing in 2009,…

    Richard Lawrence 2009-01-03
    0 Comments

    New Benjamin Zander Video – “How Fascinating!”

    There’s a new Benjamin Zander video over at the Pop!Tech conference website. There’s some overlap with the video from TED I posted back in June—most…

    Richard Lawrence 2008-12-12
    0 Comments

    Short Answers #1: When Stories Are Larger Than Planned

    I’m experimenting with video for what is likely become a new series here. In these “Short Answers” posts, I’ll answer an agile question in about…

    Richard Lawrence 2008-12-10
    2 Comments

    Are the Product Owner and ScrumMaster’s Interests Opposed?

    The Chief Engineer role in the Toyota Product Development System combines parts of the Product Owner, ScrumMaster, and senior technical team member roles from Scrum.…

    Richard Lawrence 2008-11-26
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