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The Software Life

Understanding Software Jargon, Part 2: Process Terms

In the second part of this three-part series, I'll cover some common process terms you'll hear working on your first custom software product.
Project & Team Management

Rethinking Agile, Part 4: Start Estimating Value

I propose that we stop measuring throughput or velocity. Instead, companies should empower software teams to make value estimates on individual work items.
Project & Team Management

Rethinking Agile, Part 3: Stop Estimating Effort

In this third part of my Rethinking Agile series, instead of adding practices, I recommend something for you to remove. That is, stop estimating effort!
Growing as Makers

What the Process of Software Development Has to Teach About Answering Big Life Questions

Surprisingly, the process of software development offers a helpful framing for finding the answer to life's big questions.
Development Practices

Don’t Be Afraid to Reevaluate the Backlog

A month or so into an engagement, we came across a story that took much longer than our estimate suggested. This experience made us reevaluate the backlog.
Product Development

Your Product Backlog Could Look Like This During Beta Release

In a previous role, I took any chance to better understand how my product could satisfy the needs of my market. A beta release provides that opportunity.
Project & Team Management

Solve Problems By Making Work More Visible

Sometimes, it's hard to see progress on a software project. Here are three problems I’ve been able to solve by making work more visible.
The Software Life

Agile Practices for Normal Life – Defining & Estimating Stories

In today's entry in my series on Agile Practices for Normal Life, we'll dig into the backlog with a focus on defining and estimating our stories.
The Software Life

Agile Practices for Normal Life – Building a Backlog

Thanks for following along as I adapt agile software practices into "normal" life! Today, we’re going to talk about building a non-software-related backlog.
Project & Team Management

5 Questions Your Backlog Should Answer

The software backlog is everyone’s main hub for information, and it should be more than a giant to-do list. Here are 5 questions your backlog should answer.
Development Practices

How to Tackle Ill-Defined Technical Work

Have you run into a technically-focused backlog item with little definition? Follow these four steps to manage expectations and find success.
Project & Team Management

Keeping Distributed Teams Unblocked with Azure Boards’s “Remaining Work” Field

The Remaining Work field in Azure Boards helped our scrum master keep our distributed development team from becoming blocked.

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