The Agile Daily Standup - AgileDad

Sprint Planning or Sprint Guessing?Welcome to sprint planning — that magical 90-minute meeting (that always becomes 3 hours) where:Developers turn into psychicsProduct managers become game show hostsP...

8 Dec 20258min

The Light on Maple Street — A Holiday Story About Small Acts That Become EverythingIt started with one string of lights.Maple Street was the kind of block where porches still had rocking chairs and ev...

5 Dec 20256min

So, what does a Project Manager actually do?Ah, the eternal question. What does a PM actually do?Well, most people think it’s the easiest job in the world — after all, you just tell everyone else what...

4 Dec 20256min

Are You Protecting Your Team Against the Right Thing? - Mike CohnA lot has been written and said about the responsibility of a Scrum Master to protect the team.Examples of protecting the team typicall...

3 Dec 20254min

Is Scrum Slowly Taking Away Your Will To Live?On the surface, it sounds innocent, doesn’t it? Cheerful even. Like something British schoolchildren might play on a muddy field before promptly breaking ...

2 Dec 20255min

Project Manager vs Product Manager vs Business AnalystYou’ve probably heard the terms project manager, product manager, and business analyst tossed around like interchangeable buzzwords.But let’s be h...

1 Dec 202511min

The Black Friday That Bought a Neighborhood BackThe Bell & Book was a tiny independent bookstore wedged between a dry cleaner and a pawnshop on a corner that hadn’t seen much sparkle in years. Its own...

28 Nov 20255min

The Thanksgiving Sprint — an AgileDad storyIt started two years ago in a neighborhood I know well — a mix of veterans, young families, recent transplants, and folks who’d been in the same house so lon...

27 Nov 20258min