You know, I think that Sprint Retrospective has to be the second most hated misunderstood meeting; first one being, you guessed it – a Daily meeting. And yet, that’s a pity. It’s a pity because this is not just something that we should be doing as part of our job, but as part of […]
Month: March 2021
The Product Owner’s Curse
I worked with many Product Owners. Dozens, to be more precise. Youngsters and oldies; aggressive and chilled-out; domain experts and newcomers. And yet, one thing is for sure – boy, do I think that role is cursed! I will focus this article on the traits that I found useful in POs that we enjoyed […]
Oh no, daily again!
This has got to be the second most discussed “issue” (first one being “story points vs hours”). “Why do we have dailies?” “What’s the purpose of reporting (or raporting) my status day after day?” “Why am I being micromanaged?” etc. Truthfully, I’m in favor of them. Seriously. I guess we could probably do without […]
Story Points that mistook themselves for Hours
It’s funny really. For whatever reason, I always assumed that pretty much anybody who uses story points actually knows WHAT they are. And why they are different than hours. Yet, as in pretty much all of my assumptions that I end up writing about – I was wrong. And not just “wrong” but wrong […]