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Product Backlog Refinement
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Here’s an infographic with some suggestions for product backlog refinement. YMMV and as always, the team decides, the SM does not dictate and neither do I. Use what works. Note: I have never been a fan of INVEST (Independent, negotiable, valuable, estimable, small, and testable). Everything is negotiable. I am…
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Size Product Backlog Items with DRIPS
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The Scrum Guide mentions that the developers are responsible for sizing work. Most teams and Scrum Masters interpret that to mean estimating work by assigning it a size. But the Scrum Guide is referring to making work the right size so that it can be completed in a sprint. The…
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Small Batch Size
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One of the lessons that we have learned from manufacturing and assembly is that the larger the size of a job, the longer it takes to process. The relationship between the size of the work item and the length of time it takes is exponential, not linear. If you want…
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Interviewing
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Hiring well can be 90% of the battle of management success. But traditional interviews often fail to accurately assess the most important factor: whether a candidate can truly perform the job. My perspective on interviewing challenges the conventional wisdom, suggesting a shift towards practical auditions over abstract questions. Why Interviewing…
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Network and Hierarchy
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When a group of people start a new business, they work in a powerful, agile team. They probably don’t even know that they are structured in an agile way. But they are. What makes a start up so powerful, and how can a larger organization or a division of a…
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Performance vs. Control
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Many organizations default to control mechanisms to mitigate risk, but this focus often undermines performance. A shift toward prioritizing performance is essential for long-term success and competitiveness. In small companies and startups, there is little to lose, so risk aversion has not yet developed. Once a business has grown into…
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How to Improve Cycle Time
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Read the previous article, The Power of Cycle Time to understand what a cycle time is and how to measure it. This article is about what to do once you are taking the cycle time measurements and want to improve it. Here are some recommendations about ways you can speed…
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Scrum and Monopoly
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I always hated playing Monopoly. Any game of monopoly would take forever to play. Right at the moment when I was about to get the upper hand, one of my family members would pass money to someone else, give them a property, or win the big pile of money in…
KANBAN
Kanban Fundamentals
Four Dimensions of Status in Kanban
The Power of Cycle Time
How to Improve Cycle Time
Scrum or Kanban
How to take over any Organization with Kanban
SCRUM
Visual Scrum Guide 2020
Scrum and Monopoly
Uncertainty
Size Product Backlog Items with DRIPS
Product Backlog Refinement
Scrum Master Confidence vs Awareness
A Possible Sprint Backlog