A meeting is any conversation that results in a decision in order to get something done. Since the goal of the meeting is to arrive at a decision, the meeting participants stay in the meeting until they have arrived at the decision - not one second longer, not one second less. ...
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... what would it be? There is a really insightful thread on the Certified Product Owner LinkedIn group from last week. I thought it would be beneficial to capture the best response and share the excellent wisdom from experienced Product Owners all over the world. Involve your stakeholders. Be transparent towards your ...
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The title of this post is somewhat of a contradiction, but I am OK with contradicting myself from time-to-time. On the Certified ScrumMaster's LinkedIn group there was an interesting conversation about what should a Team do when they have finished all their work before the end of the Sprint. Other ...
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To build a quality product we need to let go of the outdated 20th century idea that quality can be achieved through inspection alone, i.e. testing. Instead, let us focus on constructing a framework that produces quality outcomes from the beginning and the two Lean concepts highlighted in this article ...
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Take time to work on the business, not just in the business.—Richard Rhodes Do you lead a new product management team? Where should you begin? In The Earth is Flat, Thomas Friedman expressed his view of the government’s primary role: to provide infrastructure. Make it easy to start a business, ...
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Want to make your Daily Scrums a total waste of people's time? Take a look at the following conversation - which represents part of conversation within a Daily Scrum of a larger Scrum Team of eight people - that occurs week after week on an important project with real deadlines: ...
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I was looking through some old notes and found this question from a LinkedIn group. "Has anyone experienced where impediments are raised, but you (as a Scrum Master) do not have the power, control or autonomy to remove these impediments? If so, what have you tried to overcome this?" This ...
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Why does writing user stories have to suck so much? I recently heard from a colleague that they were looking for some ideas, tricks, tips and techniques to make user story writing more innovative so they can build a delightful product. Definitely a good idea, but running a good meeting ...
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I have written on user stories before, so please understand that I love user stories. When used thoughtfully, I feel user stories can be a very powerful way to create a collaborative dynamic between the business and product developers. User stories have the innate ability to rebalance the conversation between technical ...
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For Agile teams, the biggest area of friction for agile teams is agreement on what constitutes a story. Product managers and product owners try to write market requirements in the form of a story when many developers really want product specifications.It seems so simple. Product managers and product owner write ...
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