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Honey, I Shrunk the Backlog
Five Tips For Trimming Your Product Backlog
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Jon Odo
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The Burden of Good Ideas
The weight of unexecuted ideas is often a much heavier burden than the ideas you miss by not storing them. There is no shortage of good ideas. The…
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Maarten Dalmijn
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Be Aware of the Agile Anti-Patterns Baked in Your Tool of Choice
‘People and interactions over processes and tools,’ the Agile manifesto reads. When you pick a tool, you should be very careful. It comes with…
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Maarten Dalmijn
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Two Agile Manifesto Co-Authors on a Couch
Jon Kern was passing through Munich when Alistair Cockburn was teaching there. Someone wise decided to seize the opportunity and get them both on a…
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Maarten Dalmijn
Maarten's Sprint Goal Template
A few weeks back, I reviewed 4 Sprint Goal templates, with the goal of using what I’ve learned to create a better template than what’s already out…
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Maarten Dalmijn
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Agilesplaining: Why the C-level Doesn't Get Agile
Stop Agilesplaining the Agile Manifesto
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Maarten Dalmijn
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"It Doesn't Work Because They're Not Doing Scrum"
Nobody Cares About Doing Scrum By the Book - Except Scrum Masters
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Maarten Dalmijn
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Your Company's Problem is Hiding in Plain Sight - High Work-In-Progress (WIP)
You Need Lazy People to Have Restless Features
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Maarten Dalmijn
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June 2024

Why Isn't LeSS (Large Scale Scrum) More Popular?
Or Phrased Alternatively: Why Is SAFe So Popular?
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Maarten Dalmijn
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Sprint Planning: Stop Wasting Time on Spreadsheet Capacity Micromanagement
Your Beautiful and Elaborate Sprint Planning Capacity Excel Spreadsheet IS the Problem
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Maarten Dalmijn
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Scrum Alternatives: SCREAM!
Is SCREAM! An Excuse For Expensive Waterfall?
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Maarten Dalmijn
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Reviewing 4 Different Sprint Goal Templates
Coming Up Next: My Own Sprint Goal Miro Template
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Maarten Dalmijn
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