The long-awaited release of the 14th Annual State of Agile report is finally here! Over 40,000 Agile executives, practitioners, and consultants participated in the survey. Here are the top 10 takeaways that we identified: …
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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…
What’s on Your Agile Bookshelf, Continued
We brought our Product Owner, Diane H Leonard, GPC, STSI and our Scrum Trainer Jessica Crowley, STSI together again this week to discuss more Agile and Scrum books and resources to help you as a…
The Value of a Scrum Product Owner Role in Nonprofit Organizations
When nonprofits adopt the Scrum framework, three distinct roles come into play: the Scrum Master, the Development Team, and the Product Owner. Of the three, the Product Owner is widely considered the most challenging —…