Joel Bancroft-Connors, Author at Applied Frameworks

About Joel Bancroft-Connors

Joel Bancroft-Connors is a Principal Consultant at Applied Frameworks. His passion is to unlock and maximize the inner potential of others. He believes his roots in customer service, and its singular focus on serving the customer is where his enthusiasm for Agile comes from. In the classroom, Joel combines his passion to unlock the potential of others with decades of theater and game design experience to create engaging workshops for the participants. By leveraging his unique background, Joel can explain Scrum and Agile concepts in a way that ensures learners can immediately apply them to their professional lives. When he is not teaching, he spends time with his family in the Pacific Northwest. Read Full Bio

User Story Hierarchy in Agile

By Joel Bancroft-Connors|2022-04-25T10:23:15-04:00April 25th, 2022|Frameworks, Process|

This article is intended to be a quick reference guide to align your team to a common vocabulary around User Stories and User Story Hierarchy.

Defining Value in Agile

By Joel Bancroft-Connors|2022-04-23T12:32:24-04:00April 23rd, 2022|Frameworks, Process, Profit|

In an Agile context, defining value isn’t necessarily about calculating return on investment or measuring profit margins. At the team level where work gets done, defining value must be understood incrementally, in terms that make the right decisions possible.

The Secrets of Effective Sprint Planning

By Joel Bancroft-Connors|2022-04-12T05:52:32-04:00April 12th, 2022|Frameworks, Process|

Do your Sprints appear to be successful but somehow the end result isn't what you expected? The problem may be Sprint Planning. In this article we address the most common pitfalls and propose concrete steps for improvement, plus a flexible Sprint Planning agenda.

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