How long is your backlog?
If you start having trouble finding stories – or wondering whether the story is already in there somewhere – your backlog is probably too long ? The idea of a product backlog i...
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Your budgeting kills agility!
Agility is much more than teaching teams to deliver in sprints. If your goal is to tackle the challenges of today, you’d better become agile on all levels. Traditional budgeti...
Are you afraid of user feedback?
While sprint reviews or system demos are meant to focus on feedback from users, so that you can deliver more value… …some PMs and POs are afraid that user feedback could challe...
A sprint review or system demo without stakeholders is useless.
How many times have you seen sprint reviews without stakeholders? I must admit, I have seen this far too often in my life. And it’s a waste of time! Why is it useless? First w...
Without a goal, Sprint Plannings are wasted time ?
Sprints need a goal! Just handing out unconnected stories to developers is NOT agile. Product Owners are not only responsible to create and have a product vision, they’re also ...
Agile Requirements Game (aka Draw the Requirements Game)
Update: In the meantime I created an entire Agile Game Collection, including this game (with downloadable images, a visual cheat sheet, as well as video and written instructions...