Do a quick search on Google for how to conduct effective meetings and you’ll be deluged with links. Some of them contain great advice. Others, not so much. But almost all of them miss the most important advice of all.
One Simple, Killer Idea to Boost Software Development Productivity
In this article, I introduce a simple, killer idea to boost a software team’s productivity. It’s incredibly easy to implement, plays to the strengths of management and software teams alike and produces noticeable improvements almost immediately. All software teams should be doing this but, most aren’t.
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Scrum Training and the Organization
Why is Scrum so popular?
Of the many reasons given for choosing Scrum, organizations are predominantly attracted by:
- Speed to market
- Increased productivity
- Lowered cost
- Competitiveness.
Note the relentless focus on time and money?
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Creating Your Definition of “Done”
The Scrum Guide, while being a model of brevity, devotes an appreciable amount of space to the definition of “Done”. In my travels as a trainer or coach though, I often come across questions about the definition of done. So, in this article, I’m going to examine it in more depth. I’ll provide some extra detail as well as reasons why your definition of “done” is so important and why you should invest time in creating, and maintaining it.
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TFS Forecasting with the Scrum Template
Many Scrum Teams make use of a team’s velocity to help in forecasting. TFS provides just such a feature but beware – the results from TFS Forecasting can be misleading for the unwary.