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In my user stories book and in all my training and conference sessions on user stories I advocate writing user stories in the form of: “As a , I want so that .” While I consider the so-that clause optional, I really like this template. At a conference, someone asked me why. Because I get …
Continue reading “Mike Cohn’s Latest – Advantages of the “As a user, I want” user story template.”
https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/how-to-ensure-youre-working-on-the-most-important-items-each-iteration
The early founders of the ‘agile movement’ we’re just people who had been involved in solution development and just spent time thinking about how they could do their jobs better. They spoke plainly and tried to use basic concepts that could guide their decision making and be repeatable. Often in our daily lives we will …
In many organization when they decide to do an agile transformation it is typically to do either a process swap or ‘agile’ or scrum for waterfall. Usually this is done with the noble goal of producing ‘business agility’. The transformation should not be about the business, it should be about the people. This misrepresentation is …
A group of graduate students did a very bizarre experiment. They took lab rats and put them in a tank of water and placed the tank in a totally dark room. They went into the adjoining room and monitored them with video equipment. The rats swam for almost six hours before giving up and drowning. …
Last weekend we saw the NFL coaching staff on the sidelines dressed in camouflage and other clothing that celebrated the military, in recognition of the sacrifices made by Veterans as well as to celebrate Veteran’s Day. With the Veteran’s Day in mind, the focus this week is on servant leadership … there is no greater …
Thanksgiving is celebrated this week. The origins of the holiday provide us a great way to view the important work we do every day for delivery of additional value to our customers; internal and external, and how the agile mindset of continuous improvement and learning facilitates that. The story goes: In September 1620, a small …