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Poorly attended sprint reviews cause real problems. Fortunately there are easy fixes.

Sprint goals are something every Scrum team should try to create. Learn what sprint goals are and what a good sprint goal looks like.

It isn’t just people who benefit when teams work at a sustainable pace. Overall velocity is higher and defect counts are lower. Find out why.

This post explains how to use a Definition of Ready successfully and avoid it becoming a first step back toward a waterfall process.

Learn what good product owners do to avoid 7 common product owner mistakes.

The standard “As a...I...so that…” user story template is a way of expressing product backlog items. Learn what the three-part user story format is, more about the questions it answers, and the advantages and drawbacks of the user story template.

Overlapping work is one element of agile that is difficult for teams to understand and master. Discover three things agile teams can do to make it easier.

Deadlines are often missed because teams fail to consider emergent requirements. Learn about the 3 types of requirements your agile team should be gathering.

Sprint goals are considered a mandatory part of Scrum. Here’s why I disagree.

Perhaps the most prevalent and persistent myth in agile is that a cross-functional team is one on which each person possesses every skill necessary to complete the work. This is simply not true. A cross-functional team has members with a variety of skills, but that does not mean each member has all of the skills.

Learn six ways effective product owners ensure their teams’ success.

Are you thinking about becoming a Scrum Master and wondering if you have what it takes…