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Glossary of Scrum Terms
This glossary of Scrum Terms was published in November 2005. As a community, do we need to make any changes or additions to this list?
Technical Debt for PMs
Technical debt describes the cumulative consequences of cutting corners in software development, but it escapes the attention of many project managers as they focus on scope and schedule. That’s a mistake because it impacts both. Here are questions to help you ascertain the real state of technical affairs.
Poisonous Scrum Anti-Patterns
My colleagues and I work with a number of organizations implementing agile and Scrum. We are starting to see patterns (and anti-patterns) emerge in the way in which many companies go about transitioning their products to Scrum. Two of these patter...