Posts filed under: agile

Splitting User Stories and Hamburgers

On paper writing a good user story sounds easy. “As a … I want.. So that I can”. While that may convey the basics it does not always actually tell......
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Better User Stories Mini Course Free for Two Weeks

Mike Cohn over at Succeeding with Agile has a mini course on writing better user stories that he is making available for 2 weeks. This 20 minute training looks at some of......
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Telling a Compelling Story for Telehealth

In this short marketing video American Well outlines a compelling story for their Telehealth product by spotlighting many of those things that people commonly experience and telling a story of......
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To handle uncertainty and risk.. use Spikes

I had this tagged for a blog post for quite a while now and since we had a similar situation come up in sprint planning for the ED tool yesterday......
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Wet Monkeys and a New Year

Soon many of us will be singing Robert Burns’ poem “Auld Land Syne”, and depending on the amount of alcohol consumed it may or may not sound similar to its......
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Using medium-term goals to drive Now vs Not-Now prioritization

Mike Cohn posted an article a few years ago on Now vs Not-Now Prioritization Along with Medium-Term Goals. The article is a good read. In the article he states. At......
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Code Quality – A Modernist Visualization

Recently Danny sent me a copy of Clean Code – A Handbook of Agile Software Craftmanship in pdf form (Or you can get your very own physical copy ).  ......
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Project Pre-Kickoff Road-mapping and Scoping

In many cases we are asked to give a WAG for a project very early in the process. This typically includes the assumptions  we made, and any known risks. As......
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Lessons Learned: Standard Dashboard Episode 1

Where I currently work many process improvement projects end up requiring some sort of software deliverable be created and left behind to aid in the sustainment of the process improvement......
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The value of an effective stand-up

Lately, I have been thinking about how we could execute our stand-up meeting better. Usually when I start questioning the effectiveness of something I like to refocus on the intended......
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