Group Coherence for Project Teams - Practice for Continuous Improvement

One of the principles in the Agile Manifesto states, "At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly." This principle guides both...

Product Backlog Rules of Thumb

While working with Product Owners over the years I have learned some rules of thumb that help make their Product Backlogs more manageable. Some of these rules of thumb I learned from other people and some...

Speaking Ill of the Dead

The title alone should generate imagery ranging from destructive rumors to the macabre.  Who are these dead, and who is speaking ill of them? "The dead" are former team members, the ill speakers are those...

What is Best, Scrum or Kanban?

I have for some time been thinking, what is best, Kanban or Scrum. I can't make up my mind so I decided to write an article in two parts, one where I wear the "I love Kanban" hat and one where I'm wearing...

A Critical Look at CMM and Agile Through Gen Y

Three Strategies for Task Allocation

The Business Case for Agility

Second look, Requirements come second

Scrum and SVO-p

How Scrum Generates Increased Productivity

Feasibility: is this project viable?

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Feature Injection - Part 3

Feature Injection - Part 2