Scrum
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Adjusting to New Requirements in a Project
As a project progresses, requirements and goals can change, leaving project managers and team members scrambling to adjust. This can be frustrating and disrupt the flow of the project, but it’s important to remain adaptable and agile in order to ensure success. In this blog post, I’ll share some tips on how I adjust to…
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Agile vs. Waterfall: Which Methodology is Right for Your Project?
When it comes to software development, there are two main project management methodologies: Agile and Waterfall. Each has its own unique approach, advantages, and disadvantages. Choosing the right methodology for your project is important for its success. In this article, we will compare Agile and Waterfall methodologies and help you decide which one is right…
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Applying Agile Principles
Everyone wants to move faster, think bigger, and waste less time in their day to day, but many don’t know how to achieve it at the personal, practical level. Luckily, if you’re already familiar with Agile principles, you’re ahead of the game. Many people, especially those new to Agile, think about it at the team…
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Kanban vs Scrum
Those that are familiar with Agile, particularly in software development, know that Agile is a set of principles that serve as a guide for uncovering better ways of developing software. It is easy to point out the differences between scrum and kanban practices. While both are different in many ways, the principles are the same…
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Burndown and Sprint Review
In Scrum, we have what is called a burn down chart. This chart is a graphical representation of work that is left to do for the sprint iteration. It is often used in Agile software development. However, burn down charts can be applied to any project containing measurable progress over a period of time. Typically,…
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The Product Owner Role
The Product Owner role is an intensely important role. This individual is what I consider to be a “Value Driver” to the product. Meaning, Product Owners are the ones who drive value into the products and projects that they are working on. The Product Owners ensure that the right product is going to be built…
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The Sprint Retrospective
No matter how great you think your Agile team is, there is always, yes always, opportunity to improve. In order for an agile team to look for improvement opportunities, the team should set aside dedicated time at the each sprint to deliberately reflect on how they are doing and to find ways to improve. This…
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How Daily Standups Should Work
By its nature, Scrum tries to be as flexible as possible so it doesn’t dictate how any particular team conducts their daily standups. The point of the daily standup is to give everyone on the team the opportunity to share information with the rest of the team in order to do their work that day…
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The Roles of an Agile Scrum Project
Scrum Master Even if you are new to Scrum, you may have heard of a role called the Scrum Master. The Scrum Master is the team’s facilitator, and helps the scrum team achieve their highest level of performance. In the Scrum process, a Scrum Master differs from a traditional project manager in many ways, including…
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What is Scrum?
Scrum is a process framework used to manage product development and other knowledge work. Scrum is used to provide a means for teams to establish a hypothesis of how they think something works, try it out, reflect on the experience, and make the appropriate adjustments. That is, when the framework is used properly. Scrum is…