Tom Martin — September 4, 2019 Follow @TomMartin — September 4, 2019 From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository Prince wasn’t just a great singer, he was also a great sales prospecting philosopher. Don’t believe me? Let’s look at two of his songs and how he contrasts the painful traditional ad agency business development process … Continue reading What Prince Can Teach You About Ad Agency Business Development
Barry Overeem — September 2, 2019 — September 2, 2019 In this series of posts, we share our favorite strings of Liberating Structures for Scrum Events. In this post, we share the design for a Sprint Review. All the strings are freely available on this board in Trello. For the sake of readability, we will … Continue reading Improving the Sprint Review with Liberating Structures (Variant #1)
Jonathan Fries — August 28, 2019 Follow @jonathanfries — August 28, 2019 As digital transformation continues to spread, more and more organizations are adopting Agile and asking for help—help with execution strategies, communicating the benefits to stakeholders, and with understanding the best place to start. Below are some of the benefits of Agile and how … Continue reading Measuring the Benefits of Agile Software Development
Miles DePaul — August 28, 2019 — August 28, 2019 Let’s be honest with ourselves a little bit here. Sending email campaigns can sometimes feel like one of two fun, but strangely aggressive, children’s games. Whack-a-mole, and pin the tail on the donkey. Sometimes it can feel like we are just trying to keep up. … Continue reading Using the Scrum Framework In Your Email Marketing Teams
Ian Mitchell — August 28, 2019 — August 28, 2019 “A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution” — Dustin Hoffman I’ve always been intrigued by the different ways in which Scrum Teams go about their Sprint Reviews. It isn’t as though I coach a range of techniques, and suggest that … Continue reading Sprint Reviews with Kanban
Stephanie Ockerman — August 20, 2019 Follow @thetravelchica — August 20, 2019 “Can a Development Team member be the Scrum Master?” This is a common question in my Professional Scrum classes. It often comes up early when we are still learning the basics of the Scrum framework. And it comes up because people are already … Continue reading Can a Development Team Member Be the Scrum Master?
Stefan Wolpers — August 12, 2019 Follow @StefanW — August 12, 2019 TL; DR: Scrum First Principles Popularized by Elon Musk, utilizing first principles thinking to solve problems in an innovative, creative, and less biased way has proven popular in the tech community. Given that its sibling empiricism is an integral part of Scrum as … Continue reading Scrum First Principles — How to Elon Musk the Scrum Guide
Stefan Wolpers — August 12, 2019 Follow @StefanW — August 12, 2019 TL; DR: Scrum First Principles Popularized by Elon Musk, utilizing first principles thinking to solve problems in an innovative, creative, and less biased way has proven popular in the tech community. Given that its sibling empiricism is an integral part of Scrum as … Continue reading Scrum First Principles
Shayen de Silva — July 31, 2019 — July 31, 2019 Taking on new and exciting design projects and creating the perfect end product is what all designers get a kick out of. However, despite your best intentions, it is easy to say ‘yes’ to too many tasks which can end up negatively affecting your … Continue reading How to Use Agile Project Management to Streamline Design Projects & Keep Your Clients Happy
Ian Mitchell — July 30, 2019 — July 30, 2019 “There is also camaraderie in the huddle. They regroup, they focus, they keep the momentum going” — Everts, Gordon, & Schaupp. “Breaking the Huddle”. Scrum provides numerous opportunities for teams to inspect and adapt their progress, including on a daily basis. A time-box of 15 … Continue reading Daily Scrums with Kanban
