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Scrum is NOT Dead
April 18, 2024
I was recently asked, "Is Scrum dead? Or is it just "rebranded #waterfall"? Or will it be made obsolete by XP? Join me as I discuss these questions.
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Definition of Ready? Analysis Paralysis? Waiting for Perfect Information?
March 28, 2024
I was recently asked, "Do you think it's necessary to start every Sprint with each story fully specified?" The short answer: No, I don't. Join me as I discuss the topic.
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Common complaint: “Scrum Doesn't Work Here”
October 13, 2023
Common complaint: “Scrum is not working in today‘s software engineering industry.”
Response: If Scrum isn‘t “working” in today’s software engineering industry, then perhaps there are counter-signals in the industry that are preventing teams from employing Scrum effectively.
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From the Trenches: Small Batches for the Win
October 9, 2023
This is a story about a former client. Early plans were to release a “Minimum Viable Experience” before year end. By late Spring, the Product Director described two “problems” and asked for my help: Release dates for the first publicly available version were slipping. And scope was expanding.
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Somebody Made Up ‘SDLC’ And Everyone Went Along With It
June 23, 2022
SDLC is an acronym that means either Software Delivery Life Cycle or Systems Development Life Cycle. And it is a lie. A fiction. A total fabrication. Somebody made it up out of thin air many years ago and the idea was cemented deep into corporate bureaucracy.
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Sometimes ‘Transparency’ Just Means Not Lying
December 6, 2021
In this blog post, PST David Sabine shares a real life story focused around transparency.
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Does Your Team Produce ‘Bugs’?
September 8, 2019
Unclear language leads to incomplete transparency and ambiguity. The careful use of words like ‘bug’ will improve decision-making in your organization.
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Velocity: Escape this Pitfall
June 17, 2019
Velocity, as a metric used by some Scrum teams, is rife with trouble. David's concise article highlights a common pitfall.
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A Scrum Team Increases Their Velocity by Doing Less Work
January 21, 2019
A discussion is raging among Project Managers about the Iron Triangle because the authors of Scrum say “Scrum breaks the Iron Triangle”.