Agile anti-patterns

The Alignment-to-Value Pipeline: Building Products That Matter

TL;DR: The Alignment-to-Value Pipeline Effective product development requires both strategic alignment and healthy Product Backlog management. Misalignment leads to backlog…

Forensic Product Backlog Analysis — A New Team Exercise

TL; DR: Forensic Product Backlog Analysis Exercise The Forensic Product Backlog Analysis: A 60-minute team exercise to fix your Backlog.…

Can Pure Scrum Actually Work?

TL; DR: Pure Scrum? Can you rely on pure Scrum to transform your organization and deliver value? Not always. While…

Product Team Empowerment Anti-Patterns

TL; DR: Product Team Empowerment Anti-Patterns Leadership anti-patterns often undermine product team empowerment — an essential success factor in Marty…

Product Owner Anti-Patterns — 33 Ways to Improve as a PO

Product Owner Anti-Patterns — 33 Ways to Improve as a POProduct Owner Anti-Patterns — 33 Ways to Improve as a PO

TL; DR: Product Owner Anti-Patterns No other role in Scrum can contribute to mediocre outcomes like the Product Owner—garbage in,…

Transformation to Agile Primitives: Rebuilding Agility from the Ground Up

TL;DR: A Guide to Escape Agile Framework Fatigue Undergoing a transformation to Agile Primitives from a botched [insert your failed…