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There is just One Shocking Thing Many Agile Coaches Are Getting Wrong

By Jordan Job /

Many Agile coaches and Scrum Masters believe they know best. They believe teams must follow a certain set of steps and do things a certain way, and if they do, those teams will be more productive, happy, and successful than ever. There is just One Shocking Thing Many Agile Coaches Are Getting Wrong. There’s a…

Three Dysfunctional Sprint Burn-Down Charts of Scrum Teams

By Robert Pieper /

Why use a Sprint Burn-down chart? A Sprint burn-down chart is a great way for a team to measure their own progress in a Sprint. It helps to maintain a sustainable pace by visualizing progress. It helps to pay attention to finishing rather than starting work. And it helps produce team-level transparency, much like a…

Thank You from Responsive Advisors

By Robert Pieper /

To our clients, former students, and those that we have impacted in even the smallest ways, thank you kindly for your support in 2017. We are truly humbled and grateful. We hope the value we added to your lives this year encourages your continued support in the New Year. Responsive Advisors hit a number of…

Don’t Waste Your Time with Impossible Resolutions

By Rosanna Suh /

Don’t Waste Your Time with Impossible Resolutions: Set Realistic Life Goals with Scrum Instead I stopped making New Year’s resolutions a long time ago, and for good reason. According to Business Insider, 80% of New Year’s resolutions fail by February. The $11 billion self-help industry suggests humans possess a strong innate desire to become better…

Your definition of “Agile” is incomplete

By Robert Pieper /

In the agile community I often hear “agile is a mindset” or “agile is a way of delivering software in iterations,” and I think a bigger point is missing. In general, I think the definition of agile for most people is incomplete. Before I elaborate, let me share a bit about organizations that are not…