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Scrum Planning Poker Tools Comparison

Planning Poker or Scrum Poker is a technique used in Scrum for estimating user stories. If you are co-located, you can use a special deck of poker planning cards, but the more handy way for modern programmers can be to use online tools. We needed to find a suitable solution…

Agile

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Scrum Planning Poker Tools Comparison
Scrum Planning Poker Tools Comparison

Feb 11, 2021

Agile Software Development Satisfaction Factors

Satisfied client, happy team… Would you call it a success? In the end it’s the satisfaction of the both sides that matters. It’s an ultimate measure of a good work and good outcome. When thinking what to measure in agile software development we often focus on the details and forget…

Agile

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Agile Software Development Satisfaction Factors
Agile Software Development Satisfaction Factors

Nov 26, 2020

What’s new in the Scrum Guide 2020?

In a nutshell, the Scrum Guide has been completely rewritten. I find very few sentences that remained the same. Now it’s a 14-pager, so it has been substantially shortened from 19 pages. The “old” Scrum Guide was written in November 2017 and exactly 3 years after that the new version…

New Scrum Guide 2020

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What’s new in the Scrum Guide 2020?
What’s new in the Scrum Guide 2020?

Nov 5, 2018

Are remote agile teams just as great as co-located ones?

Internet is flooded with many opinionated articles on why remote work is our future, why remote teams are just as good in their performance and success rates as co-located, that, being a naive observer, I could have easily believed that it’s the truth. But actually my experience was radically different…

Remote Working

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Are remote agile teams as great as co-located?
Are remote agile teams as great as co-located?

Aug 11, 2017

Scrum Master Certification — What Provider To Choose?

If you are thinking about becoming a Scrum Master or already working in this area for some time, it might be good to explore the certification opportunities. It was a surprise to me, but there are certifications where you don’t need to have any prior experience to pass an exam…

Agile

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Scrum Master Certification — What Provider To Choose?
Scrum Master Certification — What Provider To Choose?

Aug 11, 2017

Is it worth getting PMP-certified?

I have been working as a project manager for quite some time, when I decided to enroll in the PMP certification prep. There were rumors that the exam was very difficult and there were preparation groups running for many months at IBM, where guys who already passed an exam were…

Pmp

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Is it worth getting PMP-certified?
Is it worth getting PMP-certified?

Jun 28, 2017

The Art of Coaching In Scrum — 7 Tips You Can Use Immediately

Coaching is one of the most useful Scrum Masters’ tools. This technique is great for solving individual’s or group’s problems and removing blockers. Sometimes I hear from Scrum team members — my Scrum Master told us to do this and that, in a directive way, and the subject was not…

Scrum

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The Art of Coaching In Scrum — 7 Tips You Can Use Immediately
The Art of Coaching In Scrum — 7 Tips You Can Use Immediately

May 10, 2017

Scrum Task Board — Offline or Online?

Scrum is often associated with a task board or a physical wall of work. Stickers all around, from floor to ceiling, organized in columns. Looks great! But how effective is that for Scrum? If you are on the co-located team, and have a complex project, which Scrum as a framework…

Agile

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Scrum Task Board — Offline or Online?
Scrum Task Board — Offline or Online?

May 3, 2017

Bugs In Scrum — How To Tackle Them

Software is buggy — let’s admit it. Your testers, or your end users, occasionally find bugs even in production, so your product and sprint backlogs will most likely contain some of these. Bug is something that needs to be done, but it’s not a story, which creates confusion around tackling…

Agile

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Bugs In Scrum — How To Tackle Them
Bugs In Scrum — How To Tackle Them

Apr 27, 2017

Cross-Functionality In Scrum: Do You Get It Right?

When I first heard of the Scrum’s imperative to build a team where everybody can do everything, I said to myself — it doesn’t make sense! I couldn’t imagine how designers can develop a quality code, how a Scrum Master can design in Photoshop and a tester back up a…

Agile

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Cross-Functionality In Scrum: Do You Get It Right?
Cross-Functionality In Scrum: Do You Get It Right?
Alexandra Steskal

Alexandra Steskal

Scrum Master, PSM II, PMP, Co-Author: How to Launch a Startup

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