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Calculating Value for a Product Backlog Item
When creating a Product Backlog, the Scrum Guide tells us each item should have a Value attribute. How do you calculate Value for a Product Backlog item? Here’s one way.
Electronic Scrum Boards. Good or Evil?
I’ve enjoyed working with a number of diverse organizations over the years and one question I’m regularly asked, is : “Which electronic scrum board should we use for managing our Scrum implementation?” My answer is almost always the same, with a couple of caveats.
Meetings – What Are They Good For?
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.