Continuous Retrospect
How to improve teams beyond the Scrum Retrospective event By Bia Dimovski, BreakFree Solutions Senior Agile Coach The sprint...
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Where BreakFree experts share their wisdom, experience, and knowledge.
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Streamlining the Value Stream Mapping Process
When working with clients on their digital product initiatives, one of the first things we often do is create a value stream map (VSM).
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Reviewing Backlogs to Promote Functionality
A functional backlog supports the PO’s vision and allows the team to bring that vision to life. By BreakFree Solutions To be productive,...
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The Digital Triad: DevOps, Agile and Cloud
You must operationalize all three By Bradley Clerkin The digital operating model for CIOs must include the triad of DevOps, Agile, and...
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How to Best Use Your Talents in Scrum
Each Myers Briggs personality type has different strengths they can use through Scrum methodology By Sara Fauver, Senior Solutions...
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Effective Application of Scrum Techniques and Tools
There are many different tools and techniques that can be used in Scrum — but not all teams should consider all tools all the time in...
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How to Stop Sabotaging Your IT initiatives
Using the Simple Sabotage Field Manual as a guide of what NOT to do and share some strategies we perform consistently at BreakFree.
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Forget “Training,” Build a Learning Culture
IT’s ability to hire, retain, and more importantly up-skill and re-skill talent is a critical component of a digital capable IT organization
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Communicate. It's Simple. Not Always Easy.
Leadership must communicate to understand — not to demand— if they want to see real progress in their organization.
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Swap Deadlines for “Do-Lines”
If your teams are dependent on deadlines to complete work, Agile provides a better way to boost productivity
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Scrum and Story Points
Story pointing can prove to be a daunting task for teams. Learn methods on assigning points to scrum stories
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Agile is Broken and More SCRUM is Not the Answer
DevOps is the Key to Enterprises Becoming Agile
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Backlog Item Sizing with the BreakFree SprintEstimator
SprintEstimator is a tool based on a Scrum technique used to size Product Backlog Items (PBIs) during an event known as Sprint Planning.
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Scrum For Two
Are scrum principles only for teams of 3 or more? Absolutely not! Scrum is a framework that can be used by any size team...
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Learning Change from Martin Luther King
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an agent of change. He understood that society was not prepared to face the next century.