How Scrum Masters Are Using Kanban to Improve Scrum
If you’re a seasoned Scrum practitioner, you’ve most likely witnessed horrific implementations of Scrum throughout your consulting career. Some organizations go gung-ho on “doing Scrum.” All their messages, training programs, and campaigns scream Agile. But when you look closely, they seem to be putting on a show or what
Scrum Sprint Planning with Kanban
Scrum Sprint Planning with Kanban During Sprint Planning, Scrum teams play fortune-tellers and try their best to predict how much work they can commit to. Most of the time, this is a difficult feat to pull. The usual approach of teams would be to take their average velocity and
6 Tips for Effective Product Backlog Grooming
If you’re familiar with Scrum, you might have heard the term backlog grooming. Though not an official Scrum ceremony based on the official Scrum guide, Scrum practitioners have found backlog grooming an important event in their practice. But many are struggling to keep a good backlog grooming session going.
Getting Started with Kanban: Frequently Asked Questions Part 3
In parts 1 and 2 of our Kanban Frequently Asked Questions series, we covered more of what Kanban is and how to implement it. For those who are already practicing Agile methodologies, you might be wondering how Kanban fits into the puzzle. We’ve rounded up the most common questions
Kanban vs Scrum: Which One is Better?
Kanban has been pitted against Scrum and vice-versa for the longest time. The debate is still on and each camp is ready to face the arguments. While we don’t aim to arrive at a winner in this article, we want to help you understand more about Kanban and Scrum.
Scrumban – Blending Agile, Scrum and Kanban into a methodology that works for you
Since the original publication of the Agile manifesto in 2001, the most commonly used Agile methodology has been Scrum. In more recent years, Kanban, which originated from Taiichi Ohno’s publications back in 1988, has also been embraced as an Agile methodology after the fact because it does follow the
