Reading Time: 3 minutesIn addition to my previous post about questions from the ‘more classical’ world regarding progress and the different methods of measuring progress, I’m now writing about another common and rather popular question: When is your product done? To be able to answer this question, let’s first try to define what Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesAre you asked for your progress during product development? There are a number of ways you can answer this question. The most common one is where you inform your stakeholders by reporting the number of requirements you have built. I would like to propose a different approach. One where you Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesRecently we visited NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam. This a very nice museum full of all kinds of experiments. The visitors, mainly kids, can perform these experiments themselves, so they learn a lot about different topics, like space, electricity, water purifying, chemistry, technology, etc. Every hour there is a show Read more
Reading Time: 7 minutesEstimates are still a painful subject in the world of software development. Some people hold on to techniques from the past, trying to predict the timeline of a software project. Others are in favour of changing these habits and are looking for better ways to become predictable. In this article, Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesIf I were to give a definition of Kanban in one sentence, it would be: Kanban is a method for teams to visualise and enhance their existing daily process and enlarge their output by limiting the work in progress. Okay, but what does that mean? How does it compare with Scrum? And why do Read more
Reading Time: 10 minutesScaling Frameworks are used in organisations where a great number of teams are building a product. The number of teams is too big to be supported by the normal Scrum framework and therefor another type of framework is needed. Recently Jeff Sutherland released his Scrum@Scale. This is one of many scaling Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutesI’ve seen Scrum teams in many forms and with different roles. Teams with or without Scrum Masters, Product Owners, developers, testers, deployment engineers, analysts, application managers, business consultants and designers. In this article I want to talk about the importance of the last role; designers. Because I’ve seen teams create Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutesTake a look at your calendar. Are you invited for a Sprint Demo? If so, this blogpost could perhaps be helpful for you and the Product Owner or Scrum Master who invited you. In many occasions I hear Sprint Demo when it comes to the event in Scrum that should Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutesThere are a lot of posts and opinions about types of Product Backlog Item’s (PBI’s) and what you can or can’t consider an item on the backlog. Some say the backlog can only contain items that deliver value to the product directly. Some say you can put anything on your Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutesFamily, friends, even colleagues ask me what agile is. To answer this question and to explain it in an easy to comprehend way, I use a metaphor. I tell them about preparing a product development project, learning on the job, having fun and experimenting during the entire process, without losing Read more