The Agile in Nonprofits training journey in a nutshell: Step 1: Free Webinar Step 2: Scrum Basics Step 3: Credential Course Step 4: One-hour Deep Dive Webinars One of the many questions we receive at…
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Why Is it Agile in Nonprofits?
“Why is it Agile in Nonprofits NOT Scrum in Nonprofits?” This is the second most common question I answer about our work at Agile in Nonprofits. The first most common is “What is Scrum?”…
How NewBoCo Founded and Grew a Nonprofit Using the Scrum Framework: A Real-World Success Story
What would it look like if a nonprofit embraced Agile principles from day one — not as a transformation layered onto an existing organization, but as the founding DNA of how the organization was built?…
Why Nonprofits Should Use Story Points and Relative Sizing
There are many reasons why Scrum teams use story points to estimate user stories. In the 1940s, the Rand Corporation conducted a study that measured the effectiveness of estimation techniques. The conclusion was that humans…
Creating an Agile Story Map for Your Nonprofit: A Step-by-Step Guide
A story map is one of the most practical and visual tools in the Agile and Scrum toolkit — and for nonprofits, it’s a powerful way to connect your mission vision to the actual work…