In his book “Succeeding with Agile”, Mike Cohn present nine questions that you should ask for a current or proposed team. Questions should be asked iteratively… until you answer “yes” to each. Here are the questions: * Does the structure accentuate the strengths, shore up the weaknesses, and support the motivations of the team members? * Does the structure minimize the number...

The era of traditional search is rapidly fading into the past, giving way to smart algorithms and generative responses. Simply filling a website with keywords to rank high is no longer enough. Modern systems analyze the depth, veracity, and structure of content with the meticulousness of an experienced QA engineer. The team of experts at Netpeak is confident that agile method...

Scrum Day Germany is a conference about Scrum and Agile project management that propose an international line-up of Agile experts for German Scrum practitioners. It provides a multi-track sessions and full day workshops. The conference sessions are mainly in German. In the agenda of the Scrum Day Germany conference you can find topics like “Coaching Dojo”, “Why Agile Developm...

Many teams adopt Scrum after hearing its benefits. They organize sprints, standups, boards, and wait for improvements. It happens occasionally. Often, something is off. Though meetings occur, little changes. Despite the process, the team isn’t working better. The answer is usually that the structure is there, but the values are not. This essay discusses those principles, why ...

Uncertainty in the Product Backlog is a big risk for the schedule of a Scrum project. How clever your estimations might be, Agile has to consider them using the notion of “cone of uncertainty”. The problem when trying to plan in Scrum is that the full scope of the release in Agile software development can be quite hard to estimate. This is due to the fact that the requirement...