When organizations try to apply leadership concepts that were developed for simple, predictable environments to an Agile environment, it...

Management in Scrum

A common mistake Product Owners (POs) often make is assigning Product Backlog items to specific Scrum teams or individuals.

Change is hard.  And adopting Agile is no different.  Starting with Scrum can feel like stepping into a whirlwind of new terms,...

Many Sprint Review events include a demo, but the Sprint Review is so much more than that.

People sometimes refer to the one-off meetings that happen outside of weekly refinement meetings as pre-refinement. I get it. It's hard to find language to talk about that. But there is no such thing as pre-refinement. Instead, all work associated with adding order, size and detail to items in the Product Backlog is refinement, whether it takes place in a meeting or whether it's work done by an individual outside of a meeting. During Refinement, Product Backlog items evol

It’s okay not to get everything perfect on day one. The real magic of Scrum unfolds as you practice and improve over time.

Many Product Owners are fighting a constant battle for resources instead of focusing on value.

There’s a persistent myth out there that a Product Owner should only support one Scrum team. The idea behind this is that having more...

Let me start by saying that I am not demeaning the Scrum Guide in any way. The Scrum framework has changed the world for the better in...

When teams first start adopting Scrum, it seems like they often encounter similar challenges.  In this article, I will address some of...

Efficiency seems like an important word. Other words like productivity , specialization , capacity , utilization and standardization ...

In many organizations, the Product Owner’s accountability in Scrum is often misunderstood or undervalued. Some see the Product Owner as...

Agile teams often struggle with how to size and forecast upcoming work. Flow metrics offer a simple, effective way to solve that problem...

In Scrum, the Definition of Done (DoD) plays a critical role in ensuring quality and transparency. But who defines this important...

I hope sharing mine will help you avoid making the same ones.

Incremental delivery is what makes Scrum work.

A roadmap is a visualization of the Product Owner’s plan to deliver the product goal and fulfill the product vision. But in the real world,

Scrum is based on Empiricism, but what does that mean? Empiricism means that we should make decisions based on what is known. To do...

As a Scrum Master, it can be hard to admit when you don't know something. But that moment of vulnerability can be an opportunity. ...