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My 20 Year Journey as a Remote Worker
I liked the free snacks at the office, but I wasn’t working with anyone at that location. The next day, I decided to work from home.
How to Reduce Your Time to Market by Releasing More Often
When you release depends on your product. Some products have a fixed time commitment or an event that might prevent releasing to production.
The Agile Community of Practice
Agile is not something you do, it is what you become as you embody its values and principles.
What is self-organization and how to get some of it
Scrum requires that teams self-organize to accomplish goals. But what is self-organization and how do we achieve it?
Question of the Week: Is My Team Too Big?
Scrum recommends a team size between 5-11 members, including the Product Owner and Scrum Master.
Do all Scrum teams need to have the same Definition of DONE?
If you have more than one Scrum team working on the same product, they must share a minimum Definition of Done.
Question of the Week: I like my title; do I have to change it if I am part of a Scrum team?
Scrum recognizes 3 roles: The Scrum Master, the PO and Developer.
Question of the Week - How far ahead should an Agile team plan?
A high-level or program-level plan does not have a lot of changes from one Sprint to the next, so nothing wrong in having a longer-term plan
Question of the Week: Is there a place for QA team members on our Scrum Teams?
Scrum requires cross-functional teams to work effectively. This means that the teams should have all members needed to produce...
6 tips for Effective Distributed Agile Product Backlog Refinement
The following techniques can help you conduct a successful product backlog refinement within a distributed team.
When Should the Product Owner Accept the Work Completed During the Sprint?
Accepting “done” product backlog items, user stories, or features should be an ongoing activity for the Product Owner.
5 Tips to Meet Your Sprint Goal When Working in a Distributed Scrum Team
Ensuring that your Sprints have well defined Sprint Goals is a first step to having a highly productive Distributed Scrum Team.
Personal One-Day Sprints
One of the challenges of working from home is remaining focused throughout the workday. You can try applying the same events used in Scrum.
Question of The Week: Can a Scrum Master service more than one team?
I’m often asked if the Scrum Master can service more than one Scrum Team. The short answer is yes.
Distributed Agile Practices - How To Make Dispersed Scrum Work
Distributed Agile works. These practices are a portion of the many adopted by small and large groups that can make distributed Agile work.
So, what does a Scrum Master do?
Now that you are working from home, you may actually have to explain to the family or your roommate just what it is a Scrum Master does.
How Scrum of Scrums can help coordinate remote Agile teams
The Scrum of Scrum team is made up of representatives from different Scrum teams.
Infographic: The Daily Scrum
The Daily Scrum is a 15 minute daily event for the Developers. It optimizes the probability of meeting the Sprint Goal. This poster...
Successful Remote Daily Scrums
Remote Daily Scrum Tips
The Daily Scrum can be held in a remote setting. There are, however, a few considerations to keep in mind.
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