Wideband Delphi and How I Re-Discovered It

While on my way to researching something else I can across an interesting blog entry on Atwood’s coding horror site about Planning Poker. Over the years I have been a …

Chaos to Waterfall to Agile – The Evolution of Software Development

I spent some time recently in a PMO meeting about project  metrics. Seems that the big bosses want to create some service level agreements based on these metrics. The most …

What is Backlog Grooming and How Much Time Should I Invest?

After my experience working with dozens of scrum teams in transitioning to Agile, I am thoroughly convinced that a great deal of Agile success is wrapped up in the two …

Trust and Agile

I had the wonderful opportunity to have a panel discussion recently regarding Agile. In my warped world, there is no greater pleasure than getting grilled on how Agile can be …

Using Individual Burndowns

I have my very own Scrum team right at home. There are seven of us in the family. I love each and every one of my family members equally, but …