CAPED Continues to Expand Its Reach
CAPED (Complexity Aware Planning, Estimation, and Delivery) continues to have a positive impact across more companies. Its origin was simple–take the techniques we’ve used for… Read More
What Makes a Team a Team?
Many so-called teams aren’t really teams. They’re groups of people doing related work, who have meetings together. Maybe you’re on one of those “teams.” You… Read More
Delegation Doesn’t Have To Be So Hard
Most leaders say they want to delegate more. And most leaders struggle to actually do it. The concerns we hear are real: “I want to… Read More
How Much Authority does a Product Owner Need?
Most Product Owner conflicts aren’t really about prioritization. They’re about authority. Who decides what belongs in the product vision? Who owns the roadmap? Who can… Read More
Can a Product Owner also be a ScrumMaster?
In our experience, a great ScrumMaster adds a ton of value for their team. It’s one of those roles where, when done well, everything else… Read More
How to Show Up to a Meeting
Just in the last week, we’ve had three conversations with clients lamenting that their colleagues are silent or distracted in meetings where our clients know… Read More
Humble Confidence
During an assumptions brainstorming session with a client, we were looking at risks and potential negative surprises (so they could systematically address them). One key… Read More
Should the Product Owner come from the Business or from IT?
This is one of the most common questions IT organizations ask when they get serious about Product Ownership. Should the Product Owner come from “the… Read More
New Year’s Experiments (instead of resolutions)
It’s easy to look at New Year’s resolutions with a bit of skepticism. If you’re like most of us, you’ve got plenty of failed January… Read More
How to Do Quarterly Planning That Holds Up Past Week Three
The week-three problem Most organizations we work with end their quarterly planning feeling pretty confident. They’ve aligned backlogs, mapped dependencies, refined and approved OKRs at… Read More