When considering what is important to a customer, one must always consider how the phrasing behind the level of importance looks. If you try to simplify your prioritization scale with your Product Backlog by asking a customer whether something is High, Medium or Low priority to them, what do you believe will be their choice every time. Even if you try to use numbers, somehow you end up with multiple top priorities. This is why you need to let The High, Medium and Low categori

Whenever companies are considering why Agile is being used, there are many things to consider. Executives, managers, sales and marketing all want to have some predictability in what is being delivered from a software or product perspective. What are you looking to get out of Agile being leveraged within your organization. We have recently launched a webinar series that is highlighting several topics for a successful use of Agile within an organization. How do you make sure yo

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 - reduce the time of meetings by producing rapid estimates of the work to be done. TRUST YOUR GUT!! This is not about being precise, but accurate. It’s about close enough to best estimate your release. In many ways this secures funding to move forward with ideas and solutions to determine whether we are going to get the right level of return or not

We oftentimes have requests that are submitted through well-meaning stakeholders that fill up our backlog. When those requests come in, we try our best to honor the mantra of anyone can add items to the Product Backlog. However, what do we do to ensure that the Product Backlog doesn't become unmanageable. There are 3 keys things to remember... First, The Product Owner is the person to prioritize the requests. Second, No should be a readily available and used word. And Third,