User Stories are the lifeline of an Agile team. Even the BEST, high performing teams will struggle to deliver Value if they are fed bad Stories. As they say, INVEST in your User Stories! Use this visual worksheet to help you, guide you in writing better User Stories. Help your team Help you with this worksheet.… Continue reading INVEST in your User Stories – Nimesh Soni
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The Art of getting MORE done with LESS
Can Agilists use Check Lists? Can checklists help them perform at a much better level? To answer this question, we will have to visit the two bookends of User Stories. Please grab copies of your team’s Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD). A user story should not be allowed to go onto… Continue reading The Art of getting MORE done with LESS
Shrink or Grow Sprint Length
Sprint length to shrink or grow. Jen, one of the Scrum Master I am coaching and mentoring asked recently: I am scrum master for this team and generally, we do two-week sprints. But, for this sprint the team does not have enough work, so they want to shorten the sprint from two weeks to one week.… Continue reading Shrink or Grow Sprint Length
Nimesh’s Coaching Box
Want to deliver your session with ease? That is effective and impactful? Of course, you want to be clear about the message you want to deliver; but being clear about it is just a start. Delivering your message effectively that is impactful – that’s the key. And, making it easy to digest for your audience… Continue reading Nimesh’s Coaching Box
10 Apps for 10x Productivity
I introduced you to my top three apps in my earlier post. Let’s continue where we left off, and let me introduced you to remaining apps on my list. 4. Google Photos Being Agilist who loves art and doodling, I take a lot of pictures. And, the limited storage space on my mobile devices could… Continue reading 10 Apps for 10x Productivity