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Here are the top 5 ways a real BA can Impact an Agile Project:  Be available and visible Learn about business and strategic objectives . Build a relationship with the technical analyst and development team. Consider how your role and responsibilities impact what others are doing.  Take responsibility for all that you do. 

The benefits of small product backlog items are well understood. Small product backlog items: are more likely to fit within an iteration allow team members to work concurrently on a few (but not too many!) items lead to a more consistent velocity when an item or two is occasionally left unfinished ​ But these advantages do not come without costs. One problem with small product backlog items is tha...

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Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore what a Team Lead does and why they are so important to your implementation. 

What is ScrumBan and what are some of the benefits? Can this be applied in healthcare? How does this new way of working help our teams? Keis steals the show by answering ALL of your ScrumBan questions.  

Here are 5 techniques to help you be a better Scrum Manager:  Understand the Culture Establish a North Star Amplify the Vision Meet People Where They Are Learn To Help Resolve Impediments

Product owners have difficult jobs. They spend part of their time understanding where customers, users, and the market want them to go. They spend part of their time working with teams. This pull between outward-facing and inward-facing demands is just one reason the job can be challenging. https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/agile/scrum/roles/product-owner?__s=rwvhpj3hb8jfkece4j94&utm_source...

Do you have famous quotes that inspire or move you? I took time in 2022 to record 9 quotes that helped uplift or move me when I needed them most. I hope you enjoy the list! 

Analysts should recognize, analyze, engage, and help manage new inbound work Analysts should ensure the solution as built aligns with business outcomes Analysts should oversee the design and build of non-technology components Analysts should work to help capture and transfer knowledge value The Analyst is the MOST critical piece for Agile Organizations to achieve Agile success Make Analysts part o...

What do you know about the Stable Framework? Here is a list of the various Stable Certifications:  Certified Stable Associate Certified Stable Process Owner Certified Stable Master Chief Certified Stable Scrum Master Certified Stable Scrum Product Owner Certified Stable Hybrid Product Owner Certified Stable Software Estimator

How does a cross country drive relate to making and keeping sprint goals? Join V. Lee Henson as we explore what makes both of these successful. 

One of our subscribers asked us to review an article by Amith Lokugamage called What Makes an Agile Mindset Different. He did a great job on the posting and covered many important topics. Here is what stood out MOST to me:  Create an agile mindset: Be willing to try something new and bet on the ideas that you believe in. Embrace continuous improvement: Innovation is all about improving, so it...

Here is a list of 5 things you can do to help your new year's resolutions stick:  Keep your goals small Make the goals measurable Be realistic about goals Formulate an incremental plan Above all else, Stay Positive 

Has Agile become Tinder? We need to stop with the mentality that Agile adoption is a fast food menu. We can no longer just swipe left or swipe right without consequence. You would not do this on a dating app, why would you do in on critical projects? Here are 5 Agile non-negotiables:  Begin with a clear vision and strategy Separate the people from the work and align the people into teams that...

Many moons ago I made an offer to my students. If any of them had an Agile related topic worthy of discussion, I would entertain allowing them to pirate the podcast and take over an episode. My dear friend Preston took me up on this offer. He is a military veteran and his story is quite impressive. Enjoy! 

A recent email from Mike Cohn covers the top 10 mistakes ScrumMasters commonly make:  Trying to facilitate meetings using someone else's style Holding meetings or events at the wrong time Telling people what to do Staying Silent Not asking enough questions Forgoing the usual meetings due to team size Not 'pushing' the team a little harder towards improvements they commit to make Allowing too...

Do not rush the retrospective Make the meeting interesting Make the meeting safe Make the meeting mandatory Reflect on and check action items Retrospect the retrospective Make certain EVERYONE has a voice https://medium.com/similarweb-engineering/do-you-feel-your-sprint-retrospective-could-be-a-lot-better-18d683f18380 - Liora Korni

And the TOP 5 are......  I Get Knocked Down But I Get Up Again 5 Tips To Become An Exceptional Product Owner 11 Laws of Agile Estimation What Is A High Performing Team? - Mike Cohn 7 Things You Should Do During Sprint Planning

Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore what services teams do and how their ScrumBan Approach helps organizations be successful with Agile. 

We know the goal of using Scrum is to release at least 1 Product Increment per sprint. When releasing a product increment, the entire team must agree and have the same understanding of what the quality standards are for releasing the product. In other words, DOD is a standard requirement documentation created and approved by the SCRUM team to ensure product quality at the time of release. DOD is L...

The following are few key practices that can help us to cultivate Product mindset: Focusing on the Customer Delivering #Business #Value Continuous #Innovation Shorter time to Market Frequent #feedback #relentless Delivery Actively managing the Requirements with focus on flexibility Value driven metrics over vanity metrics

Story points are a unit of measure for expressing an estimate of the overall effort that will be required to fully implement a product backlog item or any other piece of work. When we estimate with story points, we assign a point value to each item. The raw values we assign are unimportant: Some teams use a modified fibonacci sequence (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13); others use a doubling sequence (1, 2, 4, 8...

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas

Light The World is an INCREDIBLE document that is posted each year by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. https://uk.churchofjesuschrist.org/acp/bc/cp/Europe/Area%20Images/2022/ltw/LTW_22-calendar-UK-eng.pdf Each day we are asked this holiday season to do something to help make the world a better place. Today we are asked to Share the light. Be a beacon unto others and find a way to u...