Here is a video that I produced to introduce software development teams to Agile Scrum.   This video covers Agile vs waterfall. 3 roles of scrum 3 artifacts of scrum 3 ceremonies of scrum User stories Software options   Also, please take a look at Uzility for scrum software.  http://Uzility.com  

I have been working on a video as part of the Uzility product. One of the diagrams in the video is scrum workflow that shows the scrum process from the product backlog all the way through to sprint review and retrospective.  Here is the diagram, what do you think? The video will be coming soon.

A new feature has been added to Uzility and is now available to everyone using Uzility. This new feature is called the Daily Scrum and it is available from the current sprints page as shown here. The intention is to assist in the daily scrum or daily standup meetings to highlight what people are working on or where they may …

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By: Steve Stedman CEO at Uzility Software Some of the first backlog grooming meetings that I participated in as a scrum master were extremely painful. I would be working with multiple product owners and many of them weren’t using the same system to manage their backlogs. Some were using Excel to manage their back log, others using a text file, …

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  The following words are all placed in the grid above.  Find as many as you can. ACCEPTANCE AGILE BACKLOG BURNDOWN BURNUP CHICKEN CUSTOMER EFFORT EPIC ESTIMATION FIBONACCI GROOMING ITERATION KANBAN MANIFESTO PIG POKER REFACTORING RELEASE SCRUM SCRUMMASTER SPRINT STAKEHOLDER STANDUP STORY TASK TIMEBOX VELOCITY WATERFALL WIP

I get asked all the time, can Uzility be used for non-software projects? The follow-up question is usually:  Can you change the column headings, add new columns?   The concept of Kanban boards works great in many situations, you don’t need to be building software to use a kanban board to track your progress. Kanban Boards for Family Activities My …

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