by Cynthia Kahn | May 14, 2017 | Agile Transition
Why Do Traditional Project Managers Hate Agile? I recently hired into a project management group of mostly traditional lifecycle project managers. The group has a directive to transition the team to become agile. That’s why I’m here. I’m also here to apply agile to...
by Cynthia Kahn | Apr 30, 2017 | Agile Scrum
Better Understand the Purpose of Story and Acceptance Criteria Some who practice scrum believe that acceptance criteria are optional. Others only write a one sentence summary and don’t even bother writing story requirements. These practices could be a recipe for...
by Cynthia Kahn | Apr 23, 2017 | Agile Scrum
Try Applying these 3 Techniques to Increase Sprint Velocity In agile scrum, we only count closed stories when we calculate velocity. Stories have only 2 statuses at the end of the sprint: 0% or 100% complete. No partial credit for incomplete stories. Many teams refuse...
by Cynthia Kahn | Apr 16, 2017 | Agile Scrum
Two Winning Techniques that Help Product Owners Set Priorities We’ve all seen it. The business provides a list of enhancements to a Product Owner. You, as Scrum Master, call a meeting to walk through the enhancements and try to facilitate prioritization. What...
by Cynthia Kahn | Apr 9, 2017 | Agile Scrum
Do Not Postpone Retrospective I am surprised by how many teams tell me they forgo Retrospective. To me, Retrospective is one of the most important meetings in Scrum. Why? Because the Retrospective is the heart of continuous improvement. It’s where the team evaluates...
