So you’re an Agilist but you’re on a team that “doesn’t do Agile.” What do you do? Let me share with you the story of my first...

If dig into my LinkedIn page just a bit, you’ll see that I’m not only an Agile Coach, Consultant, and Project Manager, but also a...

Last time I talked about how my team used Pair Programming on a several projects, how we found it beneficial to us, and a few of the...

Something I’ve discovered during team interviews for Agile Maturity Model Assessments is that a lot of people misunderstand what Pair...

This week, Sarah Stewart has been unfortunately…tied up. Instead, we have a guest blogger this week: The Evil Agile Coach. -- So, you’ve...

They called me in to coach this Scrum team because their product owner wasn’t accepting their user stories. “I don’t understand it,” the...

Previously, I said that one way for teams to get better quickly is to make their User Stories smaller. 3-5 points, half a sprint or less....

Previously I’ve talked about basics: User Stories, relative sizing, and how new teams determine their velocity. Now I’m going to talk a...

Say you’re supposed to help some people get fish. You can just buy some fish and give it to them. Better, you can teach them how to...

When I first heard of "Servant Leaders" I imagined a literal servant, like the biblical Jesus washing his followers’ feet. Or my old VP...

When doing estimates with relative sizing techniques, we recommend using numbers in the Fibonacci sequence rather than t-shirt sizes (S,...

Brand-new Agile / Scrum teams (or teams with recent turnover) can’t say predictably what their velocity is. I see teams struggle with...

“Relative sizing with story points.” You’ve probably heard the phrase, but it can be hard to wrap your head around the idea. If you...

Middleware developers often have a tough time writing clear user stories because unlike consumer software, middleware rarely has clear...

As an Agile coach, I’m asked a lot of questions about writing user stories. At the top of the list: "how do I write a good user story?"...