Tag Archives: Sprint

Sprint Retrospectives with Kanban

Ian Mitchell — October 10, 2019 “At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly” — The Agile Manifesto A few weeks ago we considered the Agile Manifesto from a lean perspective. We saw that it is possible to map the 12 agile principles to … Continue reading Sprint Retrospectives with Kanban →

How Do You Incorporate a Design Sprint in Scrum?

Project Management

Martin Hinshelwood — September 20, 2019 Follow @MrHinsh — September 20, 2019 StartupStockPhotos / Pixabay As part of the Scrum.org webinar “Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer – Martin Hinshelwood – Answering Your Most Pressing Scrum Questions” I was asked a number of questions. Since not only was I on the spot and live, I thought … Continue reading How Do You Incorporate a Design Sprint in Scrum? →

When to use a hotfix on your site during a sprint (and when not to)

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Hotfixes can create chaos internally if things are done hastily and hurt the overall customer experience. Greg Giletto on September 19, 2019 Every marketer knows about the allure of the “hotfix.” Something on the site needs to be changed, but the dev team can’t do it until the next release, which is two weeks away. … Continue reading When to use a hotfix on your site during a sprint (and when not to) →

Improving the Sprint Review with Liberating Structures (Variant #1)

Project Management

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) →

Sprint Reviews with Kanban

Project Management

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 →

SaaS Growth: The “Triple A” Sprint Framework that Gets Results

SaaS Marketing

Wesley Bush — July 1, 2019 — July 1, 2019 Many SaaS companies launch a product-led growth model—but never update it. When the executive team calls me and asks why they aren’t converting users into customers, I tell them to buy a plant. Seriously. If they don’t water the plant, it’s going to wither and … Continue reading SaaS Growth: The “Triple A” Sprint Framework that Gets Results →

Sprint Planning with Kanban

Project Management

Ian Mitchell — June 18, 2019 — June 18, 2019 geralt / Pixabay “When trying to teach someone a boundary, they learn less from the enforcement of the boundary and more from the way the boundary was established.” – Bryant H. McGill A few months ago we looked at how teams can optimize flow across … Continue reading Sprint Planning with Kanban →

Five Questions for a Sprint Goal!

Project Management

Fabio Panzavolta — May 15, 2019 Follow @collectivgenius — May 15, 2019 Sophieja23 / Pixabay What is a Sprint Goal? “The Sprint Goal is an objective that will be met within the Sprint through the implementation of the Product Backlog” (quote from the Scrum Guide). The Sprint Goal is a phrase that can be used … Continue reading Five Questions for a Sprint Goal! →

Why the Sprint Goal is Not an Essential (Mandatory) Artifact

Project Management

Piyush Rahate — April 9, 2019 — April 9, 2019 As many Professional Scrum Trainers have experienced, there is always a good discussion around the Sprint Goal. A similar discussion recently led me to address this not so well understood aspect. Of-course, I cannot say on behalf of Ken and Jeff, why they kept Sprint … Continue reading Why the Sprint Goal is Not an Essential (Mandatory) Artifact →

What is the Duration of a Sprint?

Project Management

Alex Kudinov — March 26, 2019 Follow @AlexKudinovPST — March 26, 2019 This question “What is the duration of a Sprint” is seemingly simple, but depending on the interviewing situation, company, interviewer, and their familiarity with Scrum you might need to give them more or less details and answer additional questions your answer might bring … Continue reading What is the Duration of a Sprint? →