Should you optimize the backlog with the ratio: value/effort? (No, you shouldn’t)
I’ve seen some coaches and Scrum Master advocating for optimization of the value delivered by the team by applying a…
3 years ago
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How to hire a Scrum Master
Often, I found myself in a middle of discussion about how to write a great job position to hire a…
4 years ago
5 reasons why your scrum project fails in 2020
Many scrum projects fail, despite the promise that scrum is agile. Scrum should be the Answer to all your problems…
4 years ago
BREAKING NEWS : Not all backlog items are user stories 😱
Do you even know that Scrum, for example, never mention the concept of user story?
4 years ago
What is your real iteration duration? (Not the official one, the real one?)
When do you iteration start? Is it when the development begins? When the design begins? And when does it end?…
4 years ago
User Story: is the “so that” part optional?
When I start with an existing team, I'm often surprised to see that what they call User Stories only express…
4 years ago
Tips to write BETTER user stories
Often within a team, one focus on the immediate effect of a feature or a task: the famous User Story's…
5 years ago
Do you need an agile coach if you have a Scrum Master?
Often, you can read articles about the difference between a Scrum Master and an Agile Coach. Sometimes, I enjoy participating…
5 years ago
How to do a better daily
If you have issues taking full advantage of your dailies, whatever your role is (dev, Scrum Master, PO…) you can…
5 years ago
The coveted role of Scrum-Clock-Master
There is multiple ways to be a good Scrum Master and multiple ways to be a … less good Scrum…
5 years ago
Punished by Kudos : a Management 3.0 bug?
I like most of Management 3.0 principles, but there is one thing I don’t agree with:Kudos. Indeed, Kudos, like every…
6 years ago
The agile principle that gave birth to the most profitable toy franchise in history
What can we learn about agility from a 70's US toy maker? Are we so incapable to evolute even when…
6 years ago
D-Rex, a quick and easy way to self-improve
Why do we encourage problems to be discussed once an iteration? Imagine you could transmit your experience to all your…
6 years ago
When the PO tells how to work
The Technical Product Owner usually is a former developer or project manager. In this case, it’s possible that this Technical…
6 years ago
What is not measured can not be improved
How can agile principles help frame and measure success or failure, while learning from it? Measurement, deviated principle and yet…
6 years ago
Should you do one week sprints?
Used to two-weeks sprints, like many, I recently could see the impact of a one-week sprint can have on the…
6 years ago
Counting technical debt in velocity or not?
This is a question that comes up very often in teams: should we estimate and count the technical debt in…
6 years ago
Scrum tips: Differences between epics, stories, themes and features
A complicated story ... Have you ever been confused by the use of terms like « epics » or «…
6 years ago
The Shadow-Velocity guide for Scrum Masters
There is a very bad behavior that is often present in teams that engage in a sprint with too many…
6 years ago
Scrum : The perfect day to start a sprint
Which day is the good one to start the sprint? What is the good time for the daily scrum? And…
6 years ago
Why “Agile” and especially Scrum are *not* terrible
Some weeks ago, Michael O. Church wrote about his "dislike" about Agile and, especially Scrum. Today, a colleague of mine…
9 years ago
MongoDB: fastest way to compare two large sets
I recently had to find in one of our big database if a large set a users did a specific…
9 years ago
Sublime text snippet: HTML5 page
Here is the snippet I use in Sublime Text to start a fresh HTML5 blank page. (more…)
11 years ago
CSS tool: This is my Reset.css
Here is the current reset.css file I use to start a project. Do not forget to remove thing you are…
11 years ago
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