My Perspective on Remote Work

by Derek Huether, 19 March 2013 | The Agile Blogosphere

The proclamation by Marissa Mayer last month, informing Yahoo employees that working from home is no longer an option, really seemed to bring an important conversation front and center. The memo that started this firestorm stated in part - “To become the absolute best place to work, communication and collaboration will be important, so we need to be working side-by-side. That is why it is critical...
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Your Team Is New To Scrum

by Derek Huether, 11 December 2012
The Agile Blogosphere

If your team is new to Scrum, they don’t have the advantage of looking at their previous velocity before making commitments to the business A while ago, I published a post titled: Simple...
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My Current Top 10 Favorite Quotes

There isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t hear some awesome quote or analogy.  I put as many as I can into my mental back pocket, hoping for an opportunity to pull one...
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What is a Qualified User Story?

Regardless of the client I work with, the teams seem to initially struggle with understanding how big (or small) a User Story is, relative to Epics, Features, and Tasks.  It doesn’t...
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Product Owner Zero Cost Effect

Have you ever had a stakeholder who wanted to change work priorities mid-project, mid-release, or mid-sprint?  Certainly, one of the reasons we choose to use agile practices as a delivery...
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