When to Delete Product Backlog Items
I am surprised that so many Scrum Product Owners (PO) ask the question: “when to delete product backlog items?” On probing a little, it turns out many POs are afraid…
Importance of Transparency in Agile
One of the key precepts of agile is transparency. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines transparency as: a: free from pretense or deceit : FRANK b: easily detected or seen through :…
How to Do Documentation in a Sprint
One of the values of the Agile Manifesto is “working software over documentation.” I have seen this value either interpreted such that a software development team does no documentation, or…
When to Write Technical User Stories
Scrum does not mandate a specific format in which a product backlog item(PBI) is represented. Over time User Story format, which was first introduced by Extreme Programming (XP) framework…