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…

…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…

and 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…

Work 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…

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…

In 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…

Here’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. …

I’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…

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. One of the most powerful practices I’ve come across so far is work-item ageing. We’ll…