Agile Fundamentals
The Agile Manifesto, Scrum, Kanban, backlogs and estimation, explained plainly.
The Agile Manifesto Explained: Values, Principles and Myths
Where the Agile Manifesto came from, what its four values and twelve principles actually say, and the common misreadings that lead teams astray.
Read · 6 min read →Agile FundamentalsScrum Explained in Plain English
A plain-English tour of Scrum as defined in the 2020 Scrum Guide: the three accountabilities, five events, three artifacts and the commitment behind each one.
Read · 6 min read →Agile FundamentalsKanban Explained: Visualize Work, Limit WIP and Improve Flow
How Kanban works for knowledge work: defining and visualizing a workflow, limiting work in progress, pulling work, and using flow metrics to improve.
Read · 5 min read →Agile FundamentalsScrum vs. Kanban: An Honest Comparison
How Scrum and Kanban differ in structure, cadence, roles and metrics, when each tends to fit, and how teams combine them without losing what makes each work.
Read · 5 min read →Agile FundamentalsUser Stories and Product Backlogs: A Practical Guide
How to write useful user stories, add clear acceptance criteria, check them against INVEST, refine a product backlog and split large stories into valuable slices.
Read · 5 min read →Agile FundamentalsEstimation in Agile Teams: Points, Poker, Forecasts and #NoEstimates
A balanced guide to agile estimation: story points, planning poker, relative versus time estimates, forecasting from throughput and the #NoEstimates debate.
Read · 6 min read →Agile FundamentalsSprint Planning, Review and Done: A Scrum Guide Walkthrough
What the 2020 Scrum Guide says about Sprint Planning, the Sprint Review and the Definition of Done, with practical tips for running each one well.
Read · 6 min read →Agile FundamentalsScaling Agile: SAFe, LeSS, Nexus and Scrum@Scale Compared
A plain comparison of four scaling frameworks drawn from each one's official material: structure, scope, added roles and what each asks of an organization.
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