Q of the Week: How can a decision matrix expedite my team's decision-making process?
A decision matrix can make the decision-making process more straightforward and standardized. The format of these templates can outline...
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Q of the Week: What’s the most important item in a Working Agreement?
That is a difficult question to answer as different items may be more important depending on the team. One of the primary items that...
Infographic: The Sprint Backlog
The Sprint Backlog is created by the development team. This artifact is used to forecast the functionality of the next product increment....
Working Agreements for Distributed Teams
I consider working team agreements to be an actual artifact, not an optional one. The Scrum Guide recognizes the three artifacts, but the...
Q of the week: How can cultural differences influence Distributed Agile Teams?
While doing my doctoral research, I have come across many distributed teams that identified cultural differences as a big challenge to...
Top Agile Reading by Agile Genesis Students
Here's some great reading material recommended by students in our Scrum@Scale classes. Enjoy! Can you recommend your favorite?
Why it is Important to Know your Distributed Agile Team Composition
The challenges associated with distributed agile collaboration may differ depending on the type of distributed composition. Facilitation...
How to Conduct a Thanksgiving Retrospective
When UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center launched its thanx4 pilot project, an online gratitude journal, they were surprised to...
The New 2020 Scrum Guide is Here!
Today marks the 25th anniversary of Scrum and a new 2020 Scrum Guide has been released to commemorate the occasion. Read on for some key...
Five Ways to Understand your Stakeholders' "Needs"
In Scrum, the Product Owner is responsible for representing the needs of the customer. When scaling Scrum with Scrum@Scale, the Executive...
Q of the Week: What does Scrum@Scale mean by linear scalability?
Linear scalability is the ability to add Scrum teams and receive a corresponding increase in value delivery. In other words, the more...
Use Points to Estimate Product Backlog Items
In Scrum, estimating product backlog items, also known as sizing user stories, helps the development team determine how to commit for the...
November '20 Agile Pulse Survey
Sprint Patterns Our Agile Genesis November Agile Pulse survey is already revealing some interesting potential findings. Although the...
Salesforce and Cisco attribute their Corporate Success to these Strategic Alignment Methods
Let us consider the possibility that even the most efficient organizations can fail. How is it possible for a highly productive company...
The Product Backlog Explained
The Product Backlog is the single source of truth for work that is needed to achieve the product goal.
Q of the Week: What does it mean for the Scrum Team to be Self-Organizing?
In general, it means that the teams are expected to coordinate and make decisions around the work
Q of the Week: How often should the Scrum of Scrums Team meet?
In Scrum@Scale, the Scrum of Scrums is a team that meets daily during the Scaled Daily Scrum event.
Q of the Week: In large scale estimation, who should estimate the product backlog items?
Estimates should always be done by the people who will be doing the work.
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