Are you amongst the t̶h̶o̶u̶s̶a̶n̶d̶s̶ hopefully more than 1 people globally who were thrilled to read my guide on using Automation for Jira to calculate WSJF but are now experimenting with Jira Product Discovery? …

Agile 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…

🤖 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…

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…

Just 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!

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…

All 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…

Atlassian 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…

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!