01/24/2017
What does it take to be a truly effective product owner?To explore that, we turned to Lowell Lindstrom, a Certified Scrum Trainer® and one of the early pioneers in Agile software development. In his experience, the people who are best suited to the role thrive on accountability, visibility, and the art of negotiation.
01/17/2017
What does it take to be a truly effective product owner?To explore that, we turned to Lowell Lindstrom, a Certified Scrum Trainer® and one of the early pioneers in Agile software development. In his experience, the people who are best suited to the role thrive on accountability, visibility, and the art of negotiation.
09/06/2016
While some may find it easy to identify their products, others have trouble with this first step to approaching an Agile project. Read how author Mike Cohn defines "product" and learn how to apply this definition to your line of work.
06/28/2016
In theory, the product owner is one person. But in practice, managing a larger, complex product is usually a shared effort. But how can product ownership be split without resulting in decisions by committee and creating a weak or even inconsistent product? In this post, Roman Pichler discusses different techniques to help you scale the product owner role successfully, and he explains when each technique should be applied.
06/03/2016
Having trouble splitting user stories? This post , written by Faisal Ansari, gives a framework for knowing whether your user stories have the information and detail your team needs to develop a valuable product.
06/02/2016
When transitioning to Scrum, teams often struggle with the question of whether or not to include product owners and other stakeholders to daily meetings. This post, written by Geoff Watts, discusses how to make that decision.
06/02/2016
It's often difficult for new Scrum teams to understand estimating as a relative measurement rather than a specific time designation. This post, written by Doc List, helps Scrum professionals approach this complex concept with simple exercises and tools.
05/23/2016
Here are a few examples – based on television shows – of simple ways for any team to be more Agile. Read the RGalen Consulting blog post, written by Robert Galen.
04/05/2016
The end of an Agile sprint or iteration should be a relatively lightweight occasion. After all, it’s something that will be done at least once a month, and often much more frequently than that. So, it’s important that we don’t burden a team with any more process ceremony than necessary. Often a very simple sprint review is all that is needed. Read the blog post, Summarizing the Results of a Sprint, by Mike Cohn.
04/04/2016
Editorial calendars and marketing campaigns are often approached through a waterfall process. This blog post, written by Resalin Rago, describes how marketers can be more Agile when approaching projects.