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Steve Bockman: Rest In Peace
This morning I woke to the sad news that Steve Bockman passed away. Steve was a friend, co-worker, creator, problem solver, agilist, and one of my heroes. Steve worked at Agile Learning Labs from 2009...
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How To Create A User Persona
Photo by Tyler NixA user persona is a fictional character that represents a real group of product stakeholders, most often a market segment of end users or customers. A persona is generally based on...
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Measuring Value With Product Hypotheses
Photo by Hans ReniersA scrum team’s product owner and stakeholders believe that each item in the team’s product backlog is valuable and should be built. There is evidence that suggests that these...
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Testing Product Hypotheses With A Minimal Viable Product (MVP)
A previous article described how a scrum team could measure the value delivered by completed product backlog items. The approach is based on creating a product hypothesis for each item, describing how...
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Testing Product Hypotheses Before Implementation
Photo by National Cancer InstituteWe’ve described how to use product hypotheses to measure the value of what a scrum team has built. We’ve also explored how to test product hypotheses more quickly by...
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How Effective Are Your Sprint Reviews?
Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters If your team’s sprint reviews were graded, would they earn an A or D? We’ve created a Sprint Review Assessment tool to answer this question. More importantly, it will...
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Daily Scrum Antipatterns
Photo by Nick Wright Now that we’ve examined the history of daily scrum, we can shed some light on common anti-patterns of the event. Many of these are relics from Scrum Guides past: like scrum, the...
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Strategic Planning For Scaled-Up Scrum: An Overview
Here’s an overview of one approach to doing strategic planning in a scaled-up scrum environment. We’ll use twelve weeks as our planning horizon, though the approach works fine for shorter periods as...
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Tips For Your Agile Job Search
Are looking to get an agile job, such as scrum master, product owner, or developer on a scrum team? I recommend using scrum to structure your job search. A job search is complex work, full of unknown...
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The Evolution of Sprint Planning
Photo by Tony Hand Still hearing sprint planning being referred to as a two-part event? Ever been in a sprint planning where developers had to explain their plan of work to the product owner and scrum...
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