⏳ Daily Standup (report to me style or daily Scrum to align?) 😵💫 ⏳ Project Status Update (Weekly Sync) 😵💫 ⏳ On-Call Rotation / Incident Handover 😵💫 ⏳ Quarterly Business Review (QBR) 😵💫 ⏳ Backlog Refinement (Grooming) 😵💫 ⏳ Incident Review (Postmortem) 😵💫 ⏳ Product Roadmap Meeting(s) 😵💫 ⏳ Change Management / CAB 😵💫 ⏳ Code Review / Peer Review 😵💫 ⏳ Inter-Team Alignment(s) �... [read more]
April 1, 2025
What is 1 story point? I bet if you ask 10 people, you'll get 10 different answers. Yet, we "estimate" and measure based on that. What is the origin of story points? Story points originated from Extreme Programming (XP) as a way to estimate effort without tying it directly to time. The idea was to move away from inaccurate time-based estimates and instead use a relative sizing approach. They were ... [read more]
March 27, 2025
Once a wise man said: Fire all Scrum Masters and your non-technical managers who run your IT departments, and watch your productivity to boost up! In most cases, all you need is to hire highly-experienced Tech Leads and show trust in them. Communicate with them and share your insights, answer their questions, and provide them with what they need, including but not limited to the budget, time, ad-h... [read more]
March 21, 2025
Last week, I read this article by Marc H. Weine on Medium about technical debt and how to deal with it. I liked many points in there and want to add some more thoughts to it. By Marc H. Weine As a person who has worked in software development for about 20 years in different companies, as an employee or consultant, team member, or team leader, I have seen many projects that have suffered from techn... [read more]
February 21, 2025
⏳ Daily Standup (report to me style or daily Scrum to align?) 😵💫 ⏳ Project Status Update (Weekly Sync) 😵💫 ⏳ On-Call Rotation / Incident Handover 😵💫 ⏳ Quarterly Business Review (QBR) 😵💫 ⏳ Backlog Refinement (Grooming) 😵💫 ⏳ Incident Review (Postmortem) 😵💫 ⏳ Product Roadmap Meeting(s) 😵💫 ⏳ Change Management / CAB 😵💫 ⏳ Code Review / Peer Review 😵💫 ⏳ Inter-Team Alignment(s) �... [read more]
April 1, 2025
What is 1 story point? I bet if you ask 10 people, you'll get 10 different answers. Yet, we "estimate" and measure based on that. What is the origin of story points? Story points originated from Extreme Programming (XP) as a way to estimate effort without tying it directly to time. The idea was to move away from inaccurate time-based estimates and instead use a relative sizing approach. They were ... [read more]
March 27, 2025
Once a wise man said: Fire all Scrum Masters and your non-technical managers who run your IT departments, and watch your productivity to boost up! In most cases, all you need is to hire highly-experienced Tech Leads and show trust in them. Communicate with them and share your insights, answer their questions, and provide them with what they need, including but not limited to the budget, time, ad-h... [read more]
March 21, 2025
Last week, I read this article by Marc H. Weine on Medium about technical debt and how to deal with it. I liked many points in there and want to add some more thoughts to it. By Marc H. Weine As a person who has worked in software development for about 20 years in different companies, as an employee or consultant, team member, or team leader, I have seen many projects that have suffered from techn... [read more]
February 21, 2025
