Pragmatic Thinking: Leveraging Experience to Navigate Complexity

Explains why story points and velocity can mislead Agile teams, and recommends focusing on throughput, cycle time, and customer value for effective …

Summarises the top considerations for Scrum Masters adopting a coaching stance: building trust, understanding team context, and leading through …

Learn how to track, manage, and optimise product development costs by empowering teams with financial awareness, key metrics, and continuous …

Learn how Agile principles help businesses improve predictability by addressing challenges, optimising systems, aligning goals, and adapting to change …

Explores how immersive, hands-on learning in Scrum boosts knowledge retention, practical skills, and continuous improvement compared to traditional …

Explains how Scrum exposes hidden organisational problems through transparency and feedback, enabling teams to identify issues, improve processes, and …

Explains how empiricism—continuous observation, inspection, and adaptation—drives Agile success by enabling teams to respond effectively to real …

Running an Applying Professional Scrum workshop helps organisations build agile skills, improve teamwork, and adopt Scrum practices through hands-on, …

Explains why recessions are ideal for organisations to adopt agile, highlighting adaptability, rapid learning, and customer-focused growth in …

A skilled product owner drives teams to build valuable solutions, anticipate customer needs, and deliver features that create real business impact—not …

Explains why lasting Agile and DevOps success requires empowering teams and building internal capability, not relying on quick fixes or external …

Explains the true responsibilities of a Scrum Master, how to maximise team effectiveness, teach Scrum principles, and address organisational …

Immersive learning helps aspiring agile leaders overcome cultural barriers by providing time, practical experiments, and peer feedback to drive real …

Explains how Scrum Masters and Agile coaches boost team motivation by setting clear goals, fostering engagement, recognising achievements, and …

Explores how immersive learning in Agile and Scrum boosts retention and real-world application by using spaced sessions, practical assignments, and …

Early agile transformations often failed due to top-down decisions, lack of team involvement, and misalignment between leadership and those doing the …

Explains why product ownership and product management are deeply connected in Scrum, clarifying their roles, focus on value delivery, and the need for …

Personal experiences and lessons on using Azure DevOps, covering its evolution, migration strategies, custom tools, and practical advice for …

Learn how to customise Azure DevOps to support Scrum teams, manage backlogs, plan sprints, and improve agile workflows with practical setup and …

Explains how using a flat backlog structure—rather than a hierarchy—improves agility, prioritisation, and value delivery in Scrum and Kanban teams.

Explores how routine Agile questions can hinder team progress, stressing the importance of focusing on value delivery, goal alignment, and managing …

Explains how Scrum teams collaboratively define a clear, achievable Sprint goal through early stakeholder input, planning, consensus, and ongoing …

Learn how Agile teams collaboratively select high-value sprint backlog items by balancing business needs, technical priorities, and stakeholder input …

Guidance for new scrum teams on establishing effective practices, learning from experience, experimenting, and improving during their first four weeks …

Guidance on selecting the best process template for team projects in TFS or VSTS, highlighting why the Scrum template reduces friction for agile teams …

Applying Lean principles to rapidly test and validate business ideas with minimal risk.

Explains why burndown charts hinder agile teams, highlighting the pitfalls of detailed upfront planning and advocating for minimal, adaptive Sprint …

Learn how to use Kanban flow metrics in Scrum to improve value delivery, track progress, identify bottlenecks, and drive continuous improvement in …

Explores how Agile’s true value lies in delivering outcomes and adapting to change, not just following rituals or procedures, and highlights the need …

Explains why Scrum events are not pointless meetings but structured opportunities for inspection, adaptation, and progress, clarifying common …

Detailed walkthrough of a complex Team Foundation Server migration, covering remediation, hardware moves, upgrades, user management, and validation in …

Learn key steps, common pitfalls, and best practices for migrating data from legacy TFS systems to Azure DevOps, including identity alignment, …

Explores how immersive, hands-on learning helps teams internalise Agile principles, shift mindsets, and drive lasting Agile transformation through …

Explains how evidence-based management helps Agile teams use data and key metrics to measure progress, make informed decisions, and drive continuous …

Explores how product owners make critical decisions to pivot or persevere in Agile projects, balancing data, instinct, feedback, and adaptability for …

Emphasises the importance of flexibility and pragmatism in Scrum, encouraging teams to adapt frameworks to their context rather than rigidly following …

Learn practical strategies for effective product backlog management in Agile, including prioritisation, refinement, stakeholder engagement, and tools …

Learn how to define, craft, and achieve effective Sprint Goals in Scrum, using frameworks like SMART and OKR to align teams, deliver value, and …

Learn how to quickly turn user feedback into actionable work items in Agile teams, improving product value through fast feedback loops, …

Learn how to turn scope creep into an advantage by adopting Agile methods, focusing on value delivery, and adapting to changing requirements in …

Step-by-step guide for running a Sprint Review, including presenting the increment, gathering feedback, updating the backlog, forecasting, and …

Explores how clear vision, goals, and evidence-based management empower teams, improve alignment, and foster autonomy, engagement, and effective …

Explores how questioning, continuous improvement, and team empowerment drive Agile success, helping organisations adapt quickly, spot inefficiencies, …

Explains how immersive learning helps Scrum Masters apply knowledge through real-world practice, feedback, and collaboration, leading to lasting …

Explores how probabilistic forecasting improves software project planning by replacing traditional estimation with data-driven confidence levels for …

Evidence-based management uses data-driven decisions to help organisations achieve business outcomes, adapt to market changes, and maximise value …

Explains how a hypothesis-driven approach, small experiments, and cross-team collaboration improve product development, user experience, and …

Explores how spaced learning in Agile and Scrum boosts retention, real-world application, and collaboration compared to traditional intensive courses.

Explores why continuous organisational evolution, not fixed transformations, is essential for adapting to rapid change, fostering agility, and …

Learn how to fund product development by thinking like a venture capitalist—run small experiments, validate ideas, manage risk, and balance data with …

Explains why Agile is not about speed but about prioritising valuable work, adapting to feedback, and avoiding wasted effort to deliver products that …

Learn how product owners use Evidence-Based Management (EBM) to make data-driven decisions, track key value metrics, and maximise product value and …

Explores the limitations of traditional budgeting and explains how flexible, value-driven approaches like Beyond Budgeting can improve agility, …

Explores how businesses can boost agility and innovation by adapting decision-making, avoiding bureaucracy, and fostering continuous learning in …

Learn how evidence-based management uses clear outcomes and targeted metrics to improve project success, enabling informed decisions and continuous …

Learn how evidence-based management uses data and purposeful metrics to inform decisions, shape behaviours, and drive continuous improvement in …

Learn to identify, challenge, and validate assumptions in product development, avoid the “Feature Factory” trap, and build products that truly meet …

Limiting work in progress in Kanban helps teams focus, spot bottlenecks, maintain quality, and deliver value efficiently by ensuring a sustainable, …

Explores how peer feedback in immersive Scrum and Agile training enhances learning, fosters real-world application, and supports continuous …

Explores how immersive learning in Agile and Scrum helps overcome cognitive bias, promotes hands-on practice, and supports continuous improvement for …