3 Steps to Become an Awesome Agile Manager

3 Steps to Become an Awesome Agile Manager

Become an Awesome Agile Manager through TOP Every time someone likes our post, I always ask for recommendations. Lately, I’ve received several suggestions for a post about the Agile Manager. Many of our readers are frustrated because many of their managers do not have...
How Big is Too Big for a Scrum Team?

How Big is Too Big for a Scrum Team?

You May Need to Divide Your Project into More than One Scrum Team In Chapter 1 of the GSD Scrum Handbook, we talk about the size of the GSD Gold scrum team. What is the right number of team members? The Scrum Alliance recommends a scrum team size of no more than 9...
Why Your Scrum Team Needs a Release Plan

Why Your Scrum Team Needs a Release Plan

Scrum Release Plan Sets Expectations with Management When teams transition to Agile Scrum, they may decide the only required planning is Sprint Planning. These teams feel that because they are Agile, they don’t have to plan beyond the next Sprint boundary. Most of us...
Scrum of Scrums Manages Cross-Team Commitments

Scrum of Scrums Manages Cross-Team Commitments

Scrum of Scrums Facilitates Coordination across Teams Agile Scrum teams are generally organized around projects or core capabilities, where teams support a set of products that serve a common business purpose. When Scrum teams are organized around core capabilities,...