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- MaintenanceWhen a team has a product that is live in the field, they need a pattern to handle the support issues that come up, so that the critical defects get fixed(...)
- Metrics and MeasurementMetrics are the tools we use (and misuse) to help us understand how we're evolving. Used well, Metrics can give us feedback on our team's experiments and(...)
- Minimum Viable Product [MVP]MVP or Minimum Viable Product is often misunderstood, and confused with MCF - Minimum Crappy Feature. Where MCF is the minimum version of a product or(...)
- Mini Waterfalls in ScrumAlias: Mini Waterfalls in Scrum A Scrum team should work on only a couple of Product Backlog Items (or User Stories) at a time. Most of the work should(...)
- Mob ProgrammingEnsemble Programming (formerly known as Mob Programming) is the logical extension of Pair Programming. The entire team work together to deliver a single(...)
- MoraleTeam health checks have been popular in the Agile Community for years. Getting people to pay attention to the joy in their teams is a boon. The challenge(...)
- MotivationTraditional approaches in the workplace assume that there is a strong linkage between motivation and financial reward. Theory is, if you pay people enough(...)
- MultitaskingBuried in most job ads is the phrase "Looking for a great multitasker". Too bad they don't exist. Contrary to what some books would have you believe,(...)
- MVPMVP or Minimum Viable Product is often misunderstood, and confused with MCF - Minimum Crappy Feature. Where MCF is the minimum version of a product or(...)