What is Agile Training (And Is It Worth It)?
The terms Agile and Scrum have been out in the marketplace for several years. Many...
What Is the Role of a Product Owner?
One of the most glorious things about Scrum is that anyone can do it. While...
Introducing the “Business Agility: A Marketing Agency’s Transformation” Blog Series!
Who says non-IT teams can’t be Agile? Last year, Excella partnered with Silverline Communications, a...
I’ve Got a Sinking Feeling – Prioritizing with Sinking Islands
Have you ever had difficulty bringing a large group of stakeholders together and getting them...
Evolvagility – Leadership in the Age of Agile
How many times have you left a meeting where all present have a clear idea...
Scrum vs. Kanban: Management’s Explicit Invite
Kanban and Scrum ask different things of management; what do they explicitly say about management’s...
LeSS Collaboration is More: Skip the Scrum of Scrums
In a recent Overall Retrospective that I facilitated, the team decided to nix the Scrum...
How Do Scrum & Kanban Create Psychological Safety?
When you first hear the term “psychological safety” it may conjure up strange images in...
What Can a Tech Lead Add to an Agile Project?
I was inspired to write a follow up to the recent Dear Agile question on the...
Scrum vs. Kanban: “Renting vs. Owning” the Process
I have always found the analogy of owning vs. renting a useful tool for exploring...
Scrum vs. Kanban: How Do They Treat Work in Progress?
Team Scrum or Team Kanban? No matter whose team you’re on, we want to support...
Improve Your Coaching: Start an Agile Coach Camp!
I’ve been involved with the US Agile Coach Camps in one capacity or another since...