Jack Reichert

Fullstack Philosopher

Tag: scrum

  • Implementing Agile – Part III – Slicing Stories

    Implementing Agile – Part III – Slicing Stories

    This is the piece of the puzzle I couldn’t figure out by myself. I needed to see it in action, implemented well, to understand what I was missing. I’ve seen a lot of stories sliced wrong, and some sliced well. Slicing stories properly can be the difference between a high performance team, and one floundering.…

  • Implementing Agile – Part II – WIP

    Implementing Agile – Part II – WIP

    The first big “Agile” change I implemented was standup. Without it you can’t even begin to know what’s going on in your team, let alone help accomplish all it needs. But all standup is, is a daily window into what everyone is doing. That helps you know what’s going on, on a day-to-day bases. But…

  • Implementing Agile – Part I – Standup

    Implementing Agile – Part I – Standup

    Early on as a manager, I came across Agile methodologies, but wasn’t able to get training in it, so I had to figure out how to implement it myself. After reading countless books and immersing myself in whatever I could find online, I was able to implement several key elements. But I still was missing…