Six learnings from working with estimating in Agile

One of the most discussed and explored topics in the software industry, arguably the most, has to be estimation. I have enjoyed coaching teams on how to use different approaches / techniques in their Agile context. Needless to say, I have learned a lot doing that. Here are the top six from my perspective: 1. […]

CHOW # 229 – Should you re-size your stories or not?

Sharada is the Scrum Master for the team that delivers the Case Management module for NextGenPlatform Inc’s Digital Transformation platform. The team finished their release planning three weeks ago and completed the product increment for their first sprint last Friday. They are into their sprint planning session for sprint 2. The PO provides details on […]

CHOW # 131 – Sizing stories right…what you appreciate is what you get

One of the Agile Scrum teams that I was coaching Agile Artisans was doing pretty well and I felt had matured enough to be on their own. I was paying less attention to them. They had achieved a good velocity in the recent completed Sprint 14. it was quite high compared to their past velocity. […]