“Has your team been agile for a while, and are you looking to have both more fun and achieve an even greater impact? Then this is for you!”
In this video, I introduce you to the concept of using User Stories as user driven experiments.
Category Archives: Article
Embracing Change
- a story about feeling safe
It’s monday morning, and you are working as an editor in a Company that produces exclusive wedding invitations. For the past 15 years you have been writing wedding invitation by hand, because it make the invitations more authentic and personal. After years of practice your hand writing is beautiful, authentic and almost perfect. It almost makes the wedding invitations look like a piece of art. Continue reading
Extreme Sprints – done in a day!
Have you ever experienced a team that complained when you asked them to run in 2 week Sprints?
Many teams try to avoid short Sprints (shorter than 3 weeks), because they don’t believe they will be able to achieve anything meaningful. Continue reading
Collaborative Agile Testing
This article is based on my experience with integrating Testers in Scrum Teams. By reading this article you won’t get the silver bullet to solve all Scrum Testing challenges, but you will get inspiration on how it can be done. Continue reading
The “No Sex Curve”
This article is focused on the Burn Down Chart, and what it can tell you about the team members quality of life.
If you are suffering from any of these symptoms, you probably already know the symptoms of the no-sex-curve:
- Is your team constantly fighting to be ready in time for Sprint Demo?
- Do you tend to “cut corners” to make the deadline? (minimize testing, documentation or other parts of the process)
- Do you feel stressed when getting close to the end of a Sprint – and drained in the beginning of one? Continue reading
Story Points in Action
Story Points in Action
The post is focused on providing some tips and tricks which can be helpful when carrying out Story Point based estimation on an agile project.
In the following I have chosen to refer to User Stories as the elements in my Product Backlog. Continue reading
When User Stories fail
The most fundamental need of any project team is to know what to deliver. This goes no matter if you are doing a traditional waterfall project or a Scrum project. If you build something no one wants, you have wasted your time. Continue reading
Burndown Chart or Wishful Thinking?
Do you experience that the Burndown Charts look really positive throughout the Sprint, but in the end, the team still fails to deliver the Sprint commitment?
This article will help you avoid some of the psychological pitfalls when generating your Burn Down Chart. Continue reading