by Cynthia Kahn | Oct 5, 2016 | Agile Transition
A Simple Approach to Overcome Resistance to Agile The biggest obstacle to successfully transition to agile is resistance to change. People resist change for many reasons, including fear of the unknown and job insecurity. If you are a proponent of agile development,...
by Cynthia Kahn | Sep 29, 2016 | Business
How 7 Agile Concepts Make Better Business Practices Every time I read an article that declares “Agile is Dead” I roll my eyes. The reality could not be further from the truth. In this ever-changing business climate your company will need the ability to move forward...
by Cynthia Kahn | Sep 22, 2016 | Scrum Training
Convincing your Boss to Pay for Scrum Training With businesses tightening their budget, it’s getting harder and harder to convince your boss to pay for professional scrum training. People ask us all the time how we suggest they get their boss to cough up the tuition....
by Cynthia Kahn | Sep 7, 2016 | Agile Scrum
Want to Close More Stories on Your Scrum Team? The scrum team’s job is to decide how many story points to bring into the sprint, determine the right stories to accept into the sprint backlog, and close all stories in the sprint backlog by the end of the sprint. Most...
by Cynthia Kahn | Aug 17, 2016 | Agile Transition
3 Steps to Become a Scrum Master Agile and scrum are trending topics. Here you are, a successful project manager, and you want to learn more about scrum. You may even want to become a scrum master. The career transition from project manager to scrum master may seem...