Backlog Grooming is an incredibly important Scrum ceremony. Here are nine tips to make your Backlog Grooming meetings even better.
Aiming for a self-managing organization? These tips will get you far!
Management based on processes and hierarchy is definitely a more secure and a faster way to get well known tasks done. The best sides of self-management are found in innovation and in solving complex problems.
Get your Scrum ceremonies in shape
When Scrum ceremonies are balanced, it is really difficult to make things wrong. So, let’s start improving the weak ones!
A self-managing team is created in small steps
A self-managing team is efficient, motivated and fast to make decisions. In this blog we will tell you, how you can make your team more self-managing!
Looking for a Product Owner? Read This First!
Product Owner eli tuoteomistaja on ketterissä tuotekehitystiimeissä rooli, jonka vastuulla on edustaa asiakkaan ja stakeholdereiden ääntä tiimille ja priorisoida tiimin tekemistä. Ideana on se, että yksi henkilö kerää tietoa monista eri lähteistä ja keskustelee säännöllisesti monien ihmisten kanssa, jotta voi sitten tehdä päätöksiä siitä mikä on tärkeää: mitä tehdään ja mitä ei. Lisäksi Product Owner vastaa siitä, että tiimillä on aina valmiina aloitettavaksi hyvin määriteltyä ja tärkeää tekemistä.
Product Owner – a Side Job or Full-time Work?
It often feels like the importance of product ownership is not entirely understood. However, the Product Owner is a really important role for any product development, and it should be payed more attention to. In this blog we will tell you, why product ownership is worth investing in.
You Cannot Motivate Anyone – Motivation Comes From Within!
Numerous studies have shown that employees who are motivated have a very positive impact on the organization’s results and operations. The equation is simple: the more committed the employees are, the better the company performs. So, how can we motivate people to do their best?
If it works, fix it! – Refactoring Is Always Worth It
Refactoring, ie editing a functional code, is a bit difficult in many product development organizations. Often, the idea of using time to change the code already implemented is eliminated, and resources are preferably put into making new functionality. However, this blog tells us why refactoring is worthwhile.
Elementary, My Dear Watson – Systematic Problem Solving Helps Fix Mystery Bugs
It would be a good idea for those working in product development to use systematic problem solving techniques, as they make it easier, for example, to clear mystery bugs. So it’s a good idea to learn and practice the problem solving methodology – it’s a real detective work!
The Concept of Project Is the Greatest Bluff of the 20th Century
One ultimatum of agile methods is to make projects unnecessary. But what does this mean? Will we not try to finish anything anymore? Or do we not need a plan for work anymore? If successful, the agile method is better in both respects: it helps us achieve more and plan more efficiently.
Retrospectives Are Vital to Product Development Teams – Are Boozy Staff Development Days Good Enough for Others?
Agile product development teams typically hold a retrospective a couple of times a month, looking at ways to improve their practices. This practice is one of the foundations of agile product development and aims to improve team performance.
Effective Kanban process or just a bunch of post-it notes on the wall?
Kanban is a hugely popular, but also often misused tool for team work activity control and management. When used in a right way, Kanban can be a very effective tool for improving the team performance.