Scaled Agile Framework

AGILE MOMENT: Framing a User Story, a Visualization.

What does it mean to frame a user story? This often can be a difficult process to explain. Try to use this technique when you are teaching planning poker and writing user stories. As we work through the process of doing planning poker to create amazing estimates (based on: knowledge, uncertainty, volume, and complexity) weContinue reading “AGILE MOMENT: Framing a User Story, a Visualization.”

Booked! Leading SAFe

I am teaching Leading SAFe with my co-instructor Jose (Joe) LaTorre USMC (Ret.) this Friday! The kit is prepared! We have some prep work to do still but I am SUPER EXCITED about teaching the course! Thanks to the Scaled Agile, Inc. folks for the support and to my gracious and eager to learn clientsContinue reading “Booked! Leading SAFe”

Updates to the Scrum Guide – The 5 Scrum values take center stage – Scrum.org Community Blog

blog.scrum.org Today Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland, the creators of Scrum delivered a webinar on their latest update to the Scrum Guide. The update was a simple one, adding the 5 values of Scrum to the Guide. And when I say simple I mean simple in terms of… https://blog.scrum.org/updates-scrum-guide-5-scrum-values-take-center-stage/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=scum-guide-2016

SAFe Update – an awesome new essentials window

There was an update on the SAFe on June 23, 2016 where the good folks at Scaled Agile released a simplified version of the SAFe Big Picture. This new tool will make it easier to introduce the Scaled Agile Framework for the Enterprise to folks whom are not familiar with it.

Committing to Sprint Goals

Is your Scrum team developing a solid set of goals for each sprint? If you are doing so how well is the team meeting the commitment?

Where are you leading people on Agile Frameworks?

Are you misleading people about Agile, Scrum and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)? This past week (and for years) I have experienced several people and even a fairly well known “agile tool space” vendor passing misinformation around about Agile, Scrum and the Scaled Agile Framework for the Enterprise (SAFe). The offending parties, in the context of theirContinue reading “Where are you leading people on Agile Frameworks?”