Agile Practice

Many things can go amiss with Sprint Planning meetings, yet they are a vital part of the Sprint flow in Scrum. Here are some key pointers.

What’s happening? Agile Lean Europe is happening, and it happens to happen in the city that we just got to move to, namely Porto. This is a special type of conference anyway, as it is almost fully run as an unconference, just with a few pre-arranged sessions to help get things going, called seed sessions. What’s … Read more

This is the second of two parts on gold-plating. You can find part one here. Tip 1: Seek simplicity The manifesto for agile software development defines simplicity as ‘the art of maximising the amount of work not done’. For first timers, this may sound counter-intuitive but working smart, not hard is one of the key … Read more

Tip 1: Work smart, play smart The first step to avoid over-engineering in agile scrum is to – you guessed it – have a dialogue. Come to a mutual understanding with your team about the ways in which you can work smarter, not harder. It won’t be hard to persuade them. One suggestion is to … Read more

Learn the easiest and most effective way to use roadmaps in agile product management with scrum. Tip 1: Spare yourself the details Your product roadmap must focus on key bits of information that are crucial to your product lifecycle. Your roadmap will constantly evolve so avoid overloading it with details. Instead, focus on adding information … Read more