September 29, 2022
Story Mapping Webinar

Story Mapping Webinar Slides

Here are links to the slides and the Zoom replay of our Story Mapping webinar. We hope you found the webinar useful! Download the slides here
November 20, 2020

All-Hands Meeting Not Effective?
Try “Big Room Planning”

Key Points: “Big Room Planning” or “Program Increment Planning” is a Scaled Agile tool but can be effectively adapted for other purposes. The “all-hands” meeting is
June 17, 2019
Agile Manifesto (edited)

Is it Time to Amend the Agile Manifesto?

I recently had lunch with a CIO friend of mine.  We were talking about his new job, and he said, “you know, my software teams are
February 21, 2019

Want better delivery teams?
Focus on outcome, not effort!

Effort vs. Outcome It’s tempting to believe that the best employees and teams are the ones that spend the most time in the office. Don’t get
February 14, 2019

Can “deliberate practice” make you better at your job?

Imagine two kids on the playground, and they both dream of a career in the NBA.  Both love basketball, are super motivated, and both decide they
May 5, 2017

Are you really doing Kanban? Or did you just give up on Scrum?

Toyota developed Kanban in the late 1940s by studying supermarkets. 60 years later, the software industry adapted Kanban by studying Toyota. My first exposure to Kanban