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Definition of “Done” The ScrumGuide says that: “When a Product Backlog item or an Increment is described as ‘Done’, everyone must understand what ‘Done’ means.” I can promise you, that sentence and the paragraphs that follow are the most poorly understood aspects of the ...continue reading

As most Canadians can tell you, the rollout of the Canadian Government’s Phoenix payroll modernization system has gone disastrously badly. At one stage, there were over 80,000 civil servants who had payment problems, with some even losing their houses over the mess. I’ve seen ...continue reading

(Continued from Agile Change or Adoption Always Starts with Why: Part 1, Part 2) Sense Your Current Culture To understand the culture you’re attempting to change in your organization, you need to measure (or sense) the current state and then map that state to a model. The model ...continue reading

(Continued from Agile Change or Adoption Always Starts with Why) If you’re going to become an Agile Organization, and you understand that it has to be a collaborative discussion and effort rather than an executive decree, here are the key ingredients to move forward with that ...continue reading

Daily Scrum? It’s a waste of time and interrupts my work. Daily Scrum is just a chance for the ScrumMaster to show up and micromanage. Daily Scrum is for reporting status, but I could do that in an email. Have you heard these complaints before? I have. But I got a new version of ...continue reading

Some interesting reading for the Agile community, including Don’t Give Partial Credit, by Andrew Fuqua, and We Don’t Hire Product Owners Here, by Rich Mironov. ...continue reading

Don't confuse Agile tools with Agile values and principles. The tools only provide support for the Practices, Roles, and Artifacts of Scrum. ...continue reading

A lighthearted look at what can go wrong when Scrum is misapplied. Without spirit, passion, and engagement, things go sideways. ...continue reading

Story Mapping is a tool to help Scrum teams visualize Product Backlog and User Needs. With Story Mapping, teams organize Stories and plan Sprints accordingly. ...continue reading

If you're a CST Candidate looking for an endorsement, here is advice to keep in mind to make your request credible in the Scrum Alliance and Agile community. ...continue reading