Agile Transformation Insights
UX for an Agile World (Part II)
More and more, the development world is embracing Agile practices. Yet, as we learned in...
10 True Commitments Agile Teams Need from Management
A team can’t “become Agile” in a vacuum. The covenant that management and the surrounding...
UX for an Agile World (Part I)
More and more organizations are recognizing User Experience (UX) as a cornerstone of the products...
What are Heuristics and How Can They Accelerate Decision-Making?
In the earlier posts in this series, I introduced Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS), and contrasted...
3 Patterns to Slice a Requirement
You know the requirement is large and needs to be “sliced” into smaller pieces. But...
Effective Use of Constraints: Scrum vs. Kanban
In the first post in this series, I introduced the concept of Complex Adaptive Systems...
The Dimensions of Coaching Responsibility
Being a coach is unlike the other roles I’ve had in my career. As a...
Do My Requirements Have to Be User Stories?
“My team is using a Scrum framework. Do I have to write requirements as user...
3 Strategies for Building Strong Stakeholder Relationships
Love them or hate them, stakeholders as business analysts or project managers need you to work...
Story maps and product roadmaps are common tools used by Agile teams; however, these are...
The Agile Mindset: Being Before Doing
Is your organization Agile? When we ask this question to organizations we often hear that,...
Can a Business Analyst be a ScrumMaster?
When teams are new to Agile, they identify who can fill the ScrumMaster role. Often,...