How Long Should Backlog Refinement Take?
A common question we get from Scrum course participants: “How long should backlog refinement take?” The latest Scrum Guide says this about backlog refinement:… Read More
What Leaders Need to Know About Leading Agile Teams
Leaders have a huge impact on whether Agile teams in their organization are going to be successful or not. In this episode, Peter and Richard share the most important things leaders need to know if they want to help their Agile teams get the best results. Read More
5 Principles for Org & Team Structure
The 5 principles we use to help our consulting clients think through their org structure Read More
What To Do When You’re Overcommitted and Feel Stuck
There are times when it doesn’t feel possible to break or renegotiate a commitment, but you also can’t see how to deliver on it. You feel stuck. So what do you do then? Read More
No More Bad Meetings!
We hear it all the time: “We just have too many meetings!” And we’ve seen the crazy calendars to prove it. Knowledge workers… Read More
Fix Your Meetings with DAVID
People spend a ton of time in meetings these days, and too many meetings are just a waste of time. In this episode, Peter and Richard talk through how to determine which meetings are worth having and which can go asynchronous, and they introduce the DAVID approach to ensuring the meeting you do have are worth the time. Read More
Get to Done Every Day
“How’s that feature coming?” “I’m working on it.” On many teams, work items take several days or even weeks to go from start to finish. Read More
Can We Train AI to Be a Business Coach?
Richard and Peter get paid to teach leaders and coaches how to coach more effectively—and it works. So, what happens when Peter spends 20 minutes trying to teach ChatGPT how to coach? Read More
Team Habits for Reliable Results
Last week, the Humanizing Work Meetup session was about “Habits & Strategies of Successful Agile Teams.” We discussed how habits work at… Read More
Alistair Cockburn on Use Cases & User Stories
Are use cases an essential partner to user stories for Agile teams? Agile Manifesto co-author Alistair Cockburn thinks so. In this episode, Richard and Peter discuss use cases and user stories with Alistair, including some practical steps to get started with lightweight use cases as a complementary tool for your Agile product development. Read More
