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MVPs Don't Validate the Product, They Validate the Need

Writing Great User Stories For Developing APIs

Start with the Hypothesis, Not the MVP

Plotting The Scrum Master’s Career Path
Uncategorized 3/19/18 Uncategorized 3/19/18

Plotting The Scrum Master’s Career Path

The growing demand for Scrum Masters has created an influx of new Scrum Masters into the role. And while most of those Scrum Masters have loved their new career, many…

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Finding The Right Scrum Master Job
Uncategorized 2/26/18 Uncategorized 2/26/18

Finding The Right Scrum Master Job

The surge in demand for Scrum Masters has led to a wealth of available job opportunities for motivated Scrum Masters. This means that if you’re a budding Scrum Master anxious…

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Can the Length of Your Iteration Change in the Middle of Your Project?
Uncategorized 2/5/18 Uncategorized 2/5/18

Can the Length of Your Iteration Change in the Middle of Your Project?

This post originally appeared on the PivotalTracker blog. Most agile teams work in iterations, especially those teams that follow a cadenced approach, such as scrum. And why not, since an…

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Can The Scrum Master And Product Owner Roles Be Combined?
Uncategorized 1/22/18 Uncategorized 1/22/18

Can The Scrum Master And Product Owner Roles Be Combined?

“Can’t we just combine the Scrum Master and Product Owner roles?” If you’ve been around new Scrum teams for any period of time then you’ve likely heard this question more…

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Finding Your First Job As A Scrum Master
Uncategorized 12/18/17 Uncategorized 12/18/17

Finding Your First Job As A Scrum Master

There’s no doubt that the Scrum Master role has been in the spotlight lately, even being named one of the top 10 most promising careers. This has garnered so much…

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Measuring The Value Of An Agile Team
Uncategorized 11/27/17 Uncategorized 11/27/17

Measuring The Value Of An Agile Team

Measuring the value that an agile team creates is one of the biggest challenges that teams who are new to agile often face. And while many agile methodologies put an…

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3 Simple Things Scrum Masters Can Do To Improve Their Craft
Uncategorized 10/23/17 Uncategorized 10/23/17

3 Simple Things Scrum Masters Can Do To Improve Their Craft

Getting started as a Scrum Master can be pretty easy. Take some time to read the Scrum Guide to learn the mechanics of the framework, watch a few videos to…

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The Best Books to Help Scrum Masters Sharpen Their Skills
Uncategorized 9/25/17 Uncategorized 9/25/17

The Best Books to Help Scrum Masters Sharpen Their Skills

So you’ve found yourself in the Scrum Master role with your first team and are wondering where to start. Or, maybe you have a certification or two under your belt,…

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Becoming A Non-technical Scrum Master
Uncategorized 8/14/17 Uncategorized 8/14/17

Becoming A Non-technical Scrum Master

If you work in the tech industry then you’ve no doubt noticed the recent explosion in demand for qualified Scrum Masters. But, what’s more interesting is the surge in interest…

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The Case for Eliminating Epics
Uncategorized 7/17/17 Uncategorized 7/17/17

The Case for Eliminating Epics

It should come as no surprise that the smaller the pieces your team can break their work into, the better chance they’ll have at succeeding at that work. After all,…

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  • agile
    • Feb 18, 2019 Using an MMP to Discover the Best Solution for Your Problem
    • Dec 10, 2018 MVPs Don't Validate the Product, They Validate the Need
    • Nov 19, 2018 Agile Does NOT Make You Go Faster
    • Aug 27, 2018 Dividing and Conquering: Finding the Right Size for Your Team
    • Aug 13, 2018 Taking an Active Approach to Transparency in an Agile Team
    • Apr 23, 2018 Writing Great User Stories For Developing APIs
    • Apr 9, 2018 How To INVEST In Your User Stories
    • Mar 19, 2018 Plotting The Scrum Master’s Career Path
    • Feb 26, 2018 Finding The Right Scrum Master Job
    • Feb 5, 2018 Can the Length of Your Iteration Change in the Middle of Your Project?
    • Jan 22, 2018 Can The Scrum Master And Product Owner Roles Be Combined?
    • Dec 18, 2017 Finding Your First Job As A Scrum Master
    • Nov 27, 2017 Measuring The Value Of An Agile Team
    • Jul 17, 2017 The Case for Eliminating Epics
    • May 22, 2017 Is Your Process A Rose Or A Dandelion?
    • Mar 20, 2017 Start With Stickies, Not With Tools
    • Feb 20, 2017 Scrum Master Demand Is at It's Strongest Point Ever
    • Jan 23, 2017 3 Ways Product Owners Can Help with a Great Sprint Planning
    • Dec 19, 2016 Every Team Member Is a Scrum Master
    • Sep 26, 2016 The Daily Scrum is a Planning Meeting...Not a Status Meeting
    • Jun 20, 2016 What, When, How: The 3 Levels of Strategic Agile Planning
    • Jan 21, 2016 Get More out of Your Sprint Review
    • Dec 8, 2015 Saving Christmas with Scrum
    • Apr 20, 2015 Release Planning from the Top Down
    • Apr 2, 2015 Where Afternoon Standups Go Wrong
    • Jan 17, 2015 Choosing the Best Scrum Master
    • Dec 4, 2014 Getting the Most out of Your Scrum of Scrums
    • Nov 7, 2014 Themes versus Epics in 2 Minutes
    • Aug 15, 2014 Turning Your Standups on Their Head
  • agile planning
    • Jun 20, 2016 What, When, How: The 3 Levels of Strategic Agile Planning
  • backlog refinement
    • Jul 9, 2018 Using the Blocking and Tackling Backlog Refinement Pattern to Ensure a Great Sprint Planning
    • Jul 8, 2016 What's the Right Amount of Backlog Refinement?
  • capability debt
    • Oct 23, 2016 Solving Capability Debt Within Your Organization
  • coaching
    • Sep 10, 2018 Coaching Your Product Owner As A Scrum Master
  • customer development
    • Mar 13, 2013 If You Build It They Will Come, and Other Lies You've Been Told
  • epics
    • Jul 17, 2017 The Case for Eliminating Epics
    • Nov 7, 2014 Themes versus Epics in 2 Minutes
  • estimation
    • Jun 4, 2018 Using An Estimation Grid To Improve User Story Estimation
  • flyway
    • Jul 23, 2013 Lessons Learned Using Flyway DB with Distributed Version Control
  • git
    • Jul 23, 2013 Lessons Learned Using Flyway DB with Distributed Version Control

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