Notes on story walls – longer term planning

I have been writing about story walls and how agile teams might use them to manage their work. But some agile teams feel rushed because although they can see what needs doing today, they don’t know what is coming next.   So in this article, I will extend the idea of using a story wall to look into…
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Business Analysis: Turning gloop into concrete

Business analysis is often seen as a technical skill. The business analyst builds process and data models, writes precise requirements, makes requirements traceable, estimates the effort involved, and so on. These are what we refer to as hard skills. But a business analyst has another set…
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Less is more

I have to confess, I’m a bit of an Audi fan.   Recently I had the opportunity to participate in their  “Audi Ice Experience”, at the Southern Hemisphere Proving Grounds just out of Queenstown NZ. Trying to race against the clock and control the high spec’d vehicles in snow and ice was a lot of…
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Top 6 Critical BA Skills For The Future (And Today!) - Part 2

When I wrote part one of this article series, I wanted to go deeper and have heard from many that deeper is where part 2 needs to go!  You’ll see the original six critical BA skills below with additional details and questions to help your team think about how to apply these valuable skills.      1…
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Notes on story walls – simple task walls

Most Agile teams use story walls – either physical walls or online tools to store their stories.   But a lot of those teams see the wall as a burden rather than a tool that makes life easier for them.  This is a shame because the only reason you want to have a wall is because it makes it quicker and…
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Top 6 critical BA skills for the future, and today

Regardless of title (BA or not) and approach (traditional, Agile, or hybrid), everyone in the business of discovering, defining and delivering value can prepare for the future by developing the following skills:     1. Data insights  Modeling and data relationships are moving to the back seat while…
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Shane Hastie at Agile NZ Conference

SoftEd Chief Knowledge Engineer and Global Agile Practice Lead, Shane Hastie delivered two talks at the Agile NZ Conference. Click the videos below to view.       If You Need to Start a Project, You've Already Failed #noprojects      Product Ownership is a Team Sport 
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Quick and Easy Health Checks for Agile Teams

I often tell Agile coaches to start with a health check on the teams they are about to coach.   People think this health check is a great idea and they often research complex algorithms and assessment tools.   But that is really hard work for you and the team.  So at our coaching clinic, we tried a…
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Do You Get Value From Your Retrospective?

A retrospective is a meeting where the team stop working and take a step back to review how well they are working and what they can do to improve.   It is generally done every sprint (or every two weeks if there is no sprinting going on).   The theory is easy – the team share their views on what went…
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Different Retrospectives and Premortems

One of the most powerful components of Agile approaches is the retrospective. I often think that even if a team does not know what “Agile” is, if that team pauses on a regular basis and reflects on how to get better at what they do, then they would invent most of the other Agile practices for…
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Agile Singapore Conference

SoftEd is delighted to be a gold sponsor at the Agile Singapore Conference.  The event takes place from October 6-7 at the Hotel Fort Canning.   The impressive speaker line-up includes Dave Thomas, Joshua Kerievsky, Martin Fowler, and Mary and Tom Poppendieck.   We look forward to seeing you there…
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Agile testing – how do we make it all fit?

Trying to fit a square peg into a round hole  One of the questions I am asked the most is “how do we fit testing into an Agile lifecycle?” this is a big question, and it is something that requires a true understanding of Agile values and principles by the entire team. I think it is a big question…
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