Archive - Maarten’s Newsletter

The First Rule of Agile: You Don't Talk About Agile

The Pandora's Box of Agile

12 hrs ago •

Maarten Dalmijn

Are Scrum Masters Too Much Overhead?

The Unfortunate Tendency of Scrum Masters to Make Scrum Overimportant

Oct 3 •

Maarten Dalmijn

My #1 Writing Advice

Lots of Great Writing Gets Killed by Over-thinking and Under-action

Oct 1 •

Maarten Dalmijn

September 2024

Revisiting INVEST 20+ Years Later

INVEST Was Never Supposed to Function As a Bouncer

Sep 29 •

Maarten Dalmijn

WTF Is a Requirement?

The Deceptive Nature of Requirements

Sep 26 •

Maarten Dalmijn

Stop Drooling Over User Stories

And Here's 5 New Templates to Drool Over

Sep 24 •

Maarten Dalmijn

Addicted to Addition

This puzzle reveals something fundamental about how our brain works.

Sep 17 •

Maarten Dalmijn

The Era of Copy-Paste Agile Is Over

The Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V of Agile Frameworks Will No Longer Cut It

Sep 11 •

Maarten Dalmijn

10 Valid Reasons Why You’ll Struggle with Sprint Goals

Guest Post By Stefan Wolpers

Sep 10 •

When to Kick Managers Out and Call Them Back Later

Trusting the Team to Drive Their Own Changes

Sep 5 •

August 2024

Escaping Story Points with Right-sizing

Overcoming the Pain of Estimation

Aug 25 •

How to Prevent Being Buried by Work as a Product Manager

Three Steps to Gain Control of Your Work In Progress

Aug 7 •

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