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The differences between a sprint review and a retrospective
There’s a lot to unpack when working with an agile agency or advocating for agile at your own company. To an untrained eye, agile ceremonies might look like an overhead. Two of them - review and retrospective - have synonymous names. It doesn’t help your case.
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The 4 Agile ceremonies explained & ranked by professionals
If you had to differentiate between agility and “Agile” (with a capital “A”), how would you explain the difference?
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4 Agile estimation techniques and their effect on velocity
Agile is a peculiar methodology. It's scary to trust the process when you have to jump into your first project without a fixed budget. But Agile isn’t devoid of estimates.
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What is Agile release planning & how to do it
There’s one particular principle in the Agile Manifesto that makes eyebrows rise when you hear “agile” and “planning” in the same sentence. Agile is all about continuous improvement and delivery. It values communication over documentation and tackles issues “as and when needed”. Is there a place for planning in such an environment?
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What is technical debt in Agile – definition, examples & how to deal with it
Technical debt is a metaphor for the shortcuts that we take in software development. In the same way that financial debt can be useful when it helps you to achieve your goals quicker, technical debt can make sense when it enables you to get something working quickly. These shortcuts come at the cost of increased development effort in future releases—effort that may be impossible to predict, but which can often be significant.
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What is velocity in agile projects: when, where, and how much?
In agile, velocity is a concept which refers to the amount of work that has been done during an iteration. It’s a measurement that tracks information about work completed, work started, and work remaining. Velocity is considered to be one of the most important metrics in agile. Not only does it allow you to track progress, but it also helps deliver the most value.
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Writing user stories: Definitions, best practices, examples & exceptions
What is a user story? Why write it? Who writes? What is a good example of a user story? Are there any exceptions? In this article, I focus on an in-depth analysis of writing user stories from different angles.
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The Agile Web Development process – how to bring value to websites
Websites have evolved drastically in just a few decades. They went from being a novelty to something that “every business needs”. But there’s one thing that didn’t keep up with that rapid evolution - the process of designing and developing websites. Most agencies build websites the same way they built them 20+ years ago.
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Agile design process – what is agile web design?
Building products for months using a traditional, linear approach is holding businesses back. Your company changes all the time and so do the requirements. Locking in a fixed scope for a website always ends in a tug of war. The scope evolves with your business and by the end of the project the initial requirements are outdated.
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