Product Owner Zero Cost Effect
Have you ever had a stakeholder who wanted to change work priorities mid-project, mid-release, or mid-sprint? Certainly, one of the reasons we choose to use agile practices as a delivery mechanism is...
View ArticleWhat is a User Story?
What is a User Story? User stories are short and simple descriptions of capabilities. They are written from the perspective of a user or customer of the system. They typically follow a simple format:...
View ArticleLimiting Holiday WIP with Personal Kanban
I’m asked on a regular basis how Agile or Lean practices can be applied during the holidays. Let’s face it, we have a limited amount of time and todo lists as long as our arms. Truth be told, people...
View ArticleFlow Is For Sissies
Flow: Nice Work If You Can Get It A number of years ago I worked with an EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) team that was troubled with a large level of WIP (Work In Process) and slow movement of work...
View ArticleUsing Personal Kanban
LeadingAgile’s Derek Huether and Dave Prior discuss Personal Kanban, the ways in which they’ve each used it to manage the work they have to do, and what it has taught them about themselves and how they...
View ArticleProductivity Patterns
My Past Experience Be it get-rich-quick schemes or rapid-weight-loss solutions, the Internet is littered with a million improvement schemes. In my many years of attempting to improve productivity for...
View ArticleThe Value of Not Productive Time – a Retrospective on Vacations w/ Derek Huether
A Retrospective on Vacations If you love your work and are very driven, the idea of “vacation” can be a daunting thing. In this episode of SoundNotes, Derek Huether and Dave Prior hold a retrospective...
View ArticleUsing Scrum for a Greater Mission w/ Jon Horton from NewSpring Church
This episode of LeadingAgile’s SoundNotes offers a case study of how the technology teams at NewSpring church have been using Agile practices to develop innovative products that will enable their...
View ArticleWhat’s the difference between Scrum and Kanban? w/ Jessica Wolfe and Derek...
Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Soundcloud RSS In almost every CSM or CSPO class that Dave teaches he gets asked to explain...
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