Agile

Apr 29, 2019
2 min

Agile - End Game... Achieving Organizational Agility 12-Steps

One question that I often get asked is what comes after Agile? Many feel like the ride is nearing its end while others are actually just ...

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Jacob Anderson

Apr 19, 2019
3 min

Agile Process: Looks Too Familiar to Me

In many companies throughout the world, Agile is becoming a way of operating, a way to act and something to be within the organization. F...

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Jacob Anderson

Mar 20, 2019
4 min

Metrics, Statistics and Other Agile Voodoo

Whenever success is called into question, there is a measuring stick that is used to define where the difference lies between success and...

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Jacob Anderson

Feb 19, 2019
3 min

Agile through the Eyes of a Marketer

As the landscape continues to adapt and use evolving Agile practices, more and more areas of companies are seeing that Agile is not just ...

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Jacob Anderson

Feb 1, 2019
4 min

Aren't We Already Agile Enough?

In many organizations, Agile is alive and well within many layers of the company. Change has become something to be expected and even emb...

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Jacob Anderson

Jan 29, 2019
4 min

The Death of a ScrumMaster

What happens when the ScrumMaster becomes so overzealous that their message is rejected? Over the past couple years, I have seen this sit...

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Jacob Anderson

Jan 10, 2019
3 min

Agile: Too Good to be True?

As a purveyor of the dark arts we call Agile, I come across many instances where non-agilists scoff albeit at the notion that such a meth...

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Jacob Anderson

Jan 3, 2019
3 min

To Agile and Beyond...

With companies that have either tried, currently using or are dabbling with Agile, the craze of the early 2000’s has easily become more main

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Ty Grigg

Dec 18, 2018
5 min

Top 5 Benefits of Using Agile on your Team

A lot of organizations are deciding to adopt Agile to manage and refine their processes. Why are so many companies, large and small, inv...

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Jacob Anderson

Dec 17, 2018
2 min

MoSCoW... No Longer Just a City in Idaho

When considering what is important to a customer, one must always consider how the phrasing behind the level of importance looks. If you ...

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Jacob Anderson

Dec 16, 2018
3 min

Roles, Responsibilities and More Agile Fun

There are many trains of thought about being precise with the roles used within your Agile teams. The underlying principles are about mak...

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Jacob Anderson

Dec 15, 2018
3 min

2 Week Sprints - the Power of Iterations

It’s time to open the can of worms about duration of sprints or iterations. You will have people that swear up and down on the duration u...

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Jacob Anderson

Dec 14, 2018
3 min

A Product Owner with a Prioritized Backlog

Many people might ask the question on the importance of having not only a very distinct person identified as a Product Owner, but also wh...

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Jacob Anderson

Nov 8, 2018
7 min

Proper Expectations Lead to More Success

Life seems to be full of changes and modifications. Sometimes this can seem hourly or daily depending on what is happening at different s...

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V. Lee Henson

Oct 22, 2018
2 min

The Secret to PERFECT Agile Estimates

One of the biggest challenges organizations of any size face is their inability to accurately forecast and estimate. This has been an iss...

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Jacob Anderson

Aug 28, 2018
1 min

Benefits of Agile for your Business

Whenever companies are considering why Agile is being used, there are many things to consider. Executives, managers, sales and marketing ...

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Jacob Anderson

Aug 27, 2018
7 min

Agile Heroes Assemble - New Age of Priority

Prioritization is a very interesting and profound thing. How companies focus on their top priority initiatives can change the course of n...

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Jacob Anderson / Stephanie Lindstrom

Aug 18, 2018
6 min

Release Planning: Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow

To have a release you must have a start and end date, a set of work to be accomplished and a customer sign off. Why plan for this - reduc...

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Ty Grigg

Aug 1, 2018
6 min

Agile Estimation - Game of Numbers?

Everything we do has a cost. There are personnel, equipment, and time costs. There is a cost in resources, hardware and software, system...

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Ty Grigg

Aug 1, 2018
4 min

Agile Velocity - Performance and Predictability

What is Velocity? Velocity in Agile and Scrum is a measure of how much work can be done per sprint. As we discussed in the companion blo...

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