2 days agoCommitting to Agility: Revisiting the Model of Engaging with VendorsAgile transformation has become a crucial initiative for organizations striving to thrive in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape. As part of this journey, it is essential to reconsider the traditional approach to engaging with vendors — from chucking requirements over the fence, to bringing them into the tent. In this…Agile5 min readAgile5 min read
Published inThe Pinch·3 days agoAgile Showdown: Breaking the Myth of a Scrum vs. Kanban Duel🤖 This article was written with the assistance of our robotic friend ChatGPT — it was both terrifyling good when prompted correctly… and still required plenty of actual writing to get the article in shape! In the rise of agility, two approaches have risen to prominence: Scrum and Kanban. Both…Kanban6 min readKanban6 min read
Published inThe Pinch·Dec 13, 2022What the WSJF?A colleague was enjoying the pleasures of Automation for Jira assisting with WSJFing on a recent Teams chat and suggested sharing… after a bit of dusting of my SmartValue curly brackets it seemed a nice thing to share! How to do it…Jira3 min readJira3 min read
Published inThe Pinch·Oct 19, 2022Agile Australia 2022 DebriefJust 2 weeks since my move to Australia it was great to join the gang at Agile Australia in Melbourne… so what were the trends in discussion at this seminal return to in person conferencing? See my visual notes above… and read through some highlights below!Agile5 min readAgile5 min read
Published inThe Pinch·Jul 25, 2022So you want to start a Scrum team?It can be difficult to know where to begin with a team wanting to try Scrum or any form of agility. This article is a summary of an excellent wiki page our teams use authored by Rebecca Spratt. By the end of the article, you should have (at minimum) all…Agile14 min readAgile14 min read
Published inThe Pinch·May 25, 2022You Can’t Make a Skateboard into a CarAll designs by Kit Friend, except for Henrik Kniberg’s skateboard image and others where stated (sources provided below). Henrik Kniberg’s much loved skateboard-into-car visual analogy is hugely popular, and in the various forums he’s presented it in comes with all the fantastic explanation and narrative you’d expect from the prolific…Agile5 min readAgile5 min read
Published inThe Pinch·Apr 11, 2022Atlassian Team22 RecapAtlassian returned to Vegas with a bang (and ended with a bash) this year for their first in person summit since the pandemic — with thousands in attendance and swagged up to the nines, here’s our top picks of the hot news and trends from the show…Atlassian5 min readAtlassian5 min read
Mar 25, 2022Ready… Steady… Sprint!81Kit FriendUpdated the thoughts on which meetings do/don't need all the Scrum team to make clear that this…Updated the thoughts on which meetings do/don't need all the Scrum team to make clear that this advice doesn't override the Scrum Guide - thanks Daphne Harris for the suggestion!1 min read1 min read
Published inThe Pinch·Mar 25, 2022What lessons can virtual cycling teach your team about successMy best friend Matt got into the world of virtual cycling early on in the pandemic — and would regularly regale our slightly bemused friendship group with tales of sweating for hours in his shed without going anywhere. As a keen outdoor cyclist I wasn’t entirely convinced this was going…Team8 min readTeam8 min read
Published inThe Pinch·Nov 23, 2021Ready… Steady… Sprint!Effective preparation to avoid ‘ticket tennis’ In many Scrum and agile training materials, the Definition of Done (“DoD”) gets great coverage (it’s even mandated in the Scrum Guide) but all too often I’ll hear from teams where they are stuck in a cycle of ‘ticket tennis’ where poorly formed tickets are missing key details, agreement, dependencies……Agile9 min readAgile9 min read
