How to deal with Agile haters on the team

Whether transient like sudden thunderstorms or constant like Eeyore’s rain cloud, negative attitudes can sap energy from those around them, particularly if it’s the latter. If there’s a Debbie Downer (or Agile hater) on your team, it’s important to have a plan to work with that person to find solutions before their negativity begins to […]

4 Characteristics Of A Personable And Useful Customer/User Persona

  Imagine you were tasked with building a transportation vehicle for two individuals. What would be your first step? If you dove head first into your list of features, you made the wrong move. What if the person needed to travel from Austin, Texas to Oxford, England? Or what if he only needed to go […]

The 8 Skills Of Successful Scrum Masters – As Told Through Leslie Knope

The Scrum Master’s job is to realize the full potential of Scrum by facilitating meetings including all of the Scrum ceremonies, removing impediments, and resolving conflicts. It’s a good job, both in terms of financial, emotional, and intellectual gain. As teams adopt Agile, the need for certified Scrum Masters has risen as indicated by the […]

The 3 W’s Of Building Your Agile Team: What, Who, And When

Building an Agile team is more than just posting job ads and signing contracts. Before you make an addition to the team, make sure you have the right infrastructure in place by knowing the what, who, and when of growing an Agile team. What: Specialist Teams And Feature Teams A feature team has various skills […]

Happy Thanksgiving

We live in a world where companies deliver cookies fresh out of the oven and stress-relieving puppies. On the other hand, we live in a world that sadly reminds us every day that we really do have a lot to be thankful for. Here are just a few of our reasons why we give thanks: […]

How To Eliminate The Hidden Project Plan Via Agile Adoption

You would think that within that behemoth of a project plan required of waterfall processes there would be a page or two outlining fixes and time needed to tidy up. But for the most part…there isn’t. Bugs, misses, lost features are part of what I like to call, the “hidden project plan,” time spent after […]

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