Not all progress starts with action. Three ways martech leaders can reset priorities, reduce friction and move forward with intention. By Alicia Arnold January 16, 2026 In martech, momentum is often mistaken for progress. That pause feels especially welcome in this space. With all the disruption and change, it can help to take … Continue reading When martech requires a sprint — and when it demands a marathon
Mitul Makadia December 3, 2021 In Scrum, every project is broken down into time blocks called Sprints. Sprints can vary in length but are usually 2-4 weeks long. A Sprint planning meeting is a periodic meeting that involves the entire team, including the Scrum Master, Scrum Product Manager, and Scrum Team. They meet to decide … Continue reading What Is Sprint Planning? 5 Stages of Scrum Sprint
Piyush Rahate — April 6, 2020 Every Sprint starts with a Sprint Planning event. It is very crucial to ensure that the Scrum Team comes to a shared understanding of what and how are they going to deliver a “Done” increment that creates maximum business impact. Although, like other events Sprint Planning also is often … Continue reading Sprint Planning: 5 Dysfunctions
Steve Trapps — March 15, 2020 The Sprint Goal is mentioned numerous times in the Scrum Guide, however it can be over looked by many teams or seen as an “oh yeah” moment when teams are finishing Sprint Planning. When I started out in a Scrum Team we never really had a Sprint Goal, our … Continue reading Sprint Goal Template
Louis-Philippe Carignan — February 20, 2020 Over my 15 years of experience with Scrum, I’ve observed velocity-driven and capacity-driven sprint planning as our ways of working when we figure out the amount of work the development team can take during a sprint. While I believe these practices helped us adopt Scrum by planning our work … Continue reading Throughput-Driven Sprint Planning
Daria Bagina — February 12, 2020 Dwight D. Eisenhower, the World War II leader and U.S. President, wrote: “[…] plans are of no particular value, but […] planning is indispensable”. It’s a powerful phrase that aligns all so well with Scrum. Contrary to a myth that there is no planning in Scrum, planning is actually … Continue reading Sprint Plans are Worthless, but Sprint Planning is Everything
Steve Trapps — February 6, 2020 One of the teams I worked with suggested dropping the Sprint Retrospective and the Sprint Review from the sprint and only do them every other sprint. The team’s Scrum Master said that it was… “Ok, as it is empowering the team to make decisions and have a say in … Continue reading The Importance of the Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective
Alasdair Macleod — January 20, 2020 The topic of my blog today is another one that is common on client’s sites. The use of the terms Showcase, Show & Tell or Sprint Review. In this situation, there is likely to be a broad mix of people fulfilling the Scrum Master roles. These could be client … Continue reading Showcase, Show & Tell or Sprint Review
Christiaan Verwijs — January 9, 2020 Do you frequently find yourself in Sprint Reviews that only consist of a PowerPoint presentation? Or entirely without users, customers and other stakeholders present? Or bored out of your wits because it keeps turning into a huge group conversation where people talk over others or keep revisiting topics that … Continue reading Create a More Engaging Sprint Review With This String of Liberating Structures
Jesse Houwing — November 14, 2019 As Scrum Trainer I get to meet a lot of teams and hear of many different ways to do Scrum. Most are valid ways, yet some seem more aligned with the values of Scrum or the purpose of the specific Scrum Element. In this post we’ll have a look … Continue reading Focus on What Was “Done” During Sprint Review
