What metrics to track and how they help to drive continual improvements — Scrum works best through the Kaizen mindset — a mindset of continual improvement. Retrospectives are the key means in achieving this. Let’s recall that the purpose of the Sprint Retrospective is to identify ways to increase both quality and effectiveness in the process based on the Scrum Guide 2020: The…

A more efficient technique to estimate your stories — Run. Barry. Run. Recently, I started watching The Flash in Netflix and got myself hooked to this drama series. It talks about Barry Allen, a forensic scientist who was struck by lightning in a freak accident, and later discovers that he can achieve great speeds. The gift of superpowers such…

How do you know when Scrum is done wrongly? — Scrum is a lightweight framework that helps teams generate value through experiences (“empiricism”), self-organise while working towards a goal. Being a lightweight framework, it leaves a lot of room for interpretation and implementation. For the same reason, this results in misunderstood or ‘bogus’ Scrum. Bogus Scrum is unavoidable. When it…

What should aspiring organisations start doing? What should they avoid? Is there a success formula? — Agile is a bandwagon that everyone is jumping onto. For tech businesses, it is like a snowball that is rolling down the hill — growing larger and gaining momentum for some time since the first official Scrum Guide was released in February 2010. A topic around how to make an…

Techniques to keep your team engaged — We all know that workouts keep us healthy, so we make time to do our walks, runs or hit the gym. …

Develop Guidelines as to How a Team Work Together Last week, I was working with my Product Owner on a product kick-off deck when he asked me to work on the slide around how the Scrum Team will work together. …

Some time ago, a website was considered as a less necessary cost for a Business. Why would a Business need a website? After understanding the importance of having a business website, companies start to deploy their own websites and are investing heavily in website optimisation. …

What exactly are impediments? Impediments in Scrum are “blockers” that prevent your team from completing the work, which impacts sprint velocity or the business values to be delivered. Anything that prohibits the team from working on the user story is considered to be an impediment and should be tracked. …

In October 2020, PITAKA has released its MagEZ case for the iPad Pro. Having a soft spot for minimalistic gadget cases, I had no hesitation in getting my hands on one. The PITAKA MagEZ case is a minimalistic case for the 2018/2020 iPad Pros and 2020 iPad Air. The MagEZ…