Articles I've written
Agile Performance Appraisals
We all do the crazy exercise of rating team members every year. And, looking back at a software development industry that's almost 50 years old, we know certain things for sure: Software is built by teams, not individuals. Moreoever, each individu...
Delivering Epics
As a product developer and ScrumMaster, you will eventually encounter those product owners who believe that the epics they initially created carry value as a whole. They will tell you that a story breakdown is great if it's working for the team, but they want you to deliver epics, not stories, for a release. . . .