Published inAgile Batman·Jun 23Member-onlyWhat if you renamed all the scrum events?Would your team be more effective? — The 5 scrum events defined in the scrum guide 2020 are: Sprint Planning Daily Scrum Sprint Retrospective Sprint Review and the container for all of these, the Sprint itself …but what if you renamed all of these events, do you think your team would be more effective? Let’s explore… Product slice planning Product…Scrum4 min readScrum4 min read
Published inAgile Batman·Apr 26Member-onlyA simple way to increase the transparency of your Sprint Backlog…just add work items for each topic covered by your definition of done — When you first start out planning sprints, it can be difficult to know what to do, where to start. So here’s one simple method to set you on the right path. All you need is a definition of done, a product backlog, a sprint goal and a team… Let’s get started The definition…Scrum4 min readScrum4 min read
Published inAgile Batman·Mar 25Member-onlyBuild a skills matrix for your teamand help create a culture of continuous learning and improvement — When you work in a team that has everything it needs, you can be unstoppable! Creating a skills matrix is a great way to see what skills you already have and what you need to acquire in order to succeed together. What is cross-functionality and why is it important? When using the scrum framework to build products, your…Technology4 min readTechnology4 min read
Published inAgile Batman·Mar 4Member-onlyUsing Kanban practices within Scrum — Work In ProgressWork smarter, not harder — I’ve been doing a deep dive into Kanban recently and wanted to share some of the things I’ve learned and how to apply them in the Scrum teams you work with on a daily basis. I’ve specifically been focussing on the 4 metrics of flow, and this time we’re looking…Scrum6 min readScrum6 min read
Published inAgile Batman·Feb 13Member-onlyUsing Kanban practices within Scrum — Cycle TimeI’ve been doing a deep dive into Kanban recently and wanted to share some of the things I’ve learned and how to apply them in the Scrum teams you work with on a daily basis. I’ve specifically been focussing on the 4 metrics of flow, and this time we’re looking…Scrum5 min readScrum5 min read
Published inAgile Batman·Jan 22Member-onlyUsing Kanban practices within Scrum — ThroughputIn trying to help our teams maintain a sustainable pace, it helps to understand what that pace might be. Throughput can be a great place to start and it’s a super easy metric to track. Read on to get started. If your team regularly completes “right sized” pieces of work…Scrum6 min readScrum6 min read
Published inAgile Batman·Dec 23, 2022Agile books to read in 2023Here’s a list of all the books I’ve read in 2022 surrounding the topic of agile and why I chose to read them in the first place. They’ve all had a great impact on my everyday work and if you haven’t already, I recommend you read some if not all…Agile6 min readAgile6 min read
Published inAgile Batman·Dec 15, 2022Member-onlyHelp passing the PSK 1 and PK 1 assessmentsI’ve recently passed both the PSK 1 (Professional Scrum with Kanban — scrum.org) and PK 1 (Professional Kanban 1 - prokanban.org) assessments and wanted to share the journey I’ve been on and the resources I used, to hopefully help you on your own journey to Kanban success! Whilst I started…Technology5 min readTechnology5 min read
Published inAgile Batman·Nov 30, 2022Member-onlyUsing Kanban practices within Scrum — Work Item AgeingI’ve been doing a deep dive into Kanban recently and wanted to share some of the things I’ve learned and how to apply them in the Scrum teams you work with on a daily basis. One of the most powerful practices I’ve come across so far is work-item ageing. We’ll…Scrum7 min readScrum7 min read
Nov 2, 2022Member-onlyInvest in yourselfI’ve created a little feedback loop that really started to accelerate my professional development and wanted to share it with you. How it came about I initially set up agilebatman.com on a hosted Wordpress site to share tips about being an agile coach. I didn’t want to repeat the theory of agile and scrum…Self2 min readSelf2 min read
