May 5

The Importance of Backlogs in Agile

Agile teams need clearly defined backlogs with easily actionable requirements. Without an organized backlog, teams can’t deliver regular increments of working, tested product. If we aren’t delivering regularly, we might not be responding to our customers and markets quickly enough. Backlogs are also necessary to measure the scope of the teams, and how much work they can complete during a given sprint. The ability to know the scope of the teams allows you to create stable velocity delivering work at the end of a sprint.

Agile Methodology

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The Importance of Backlogs in Agile

Agile teams need clearly defined backlogs with easily actionable requirements.

Without an organized backlog, teams can’t deliver regular increments of working, tested product. If we aren’t delivering regularly, we might not be responding to our customers and markets quickly enough.

Backlogs are also necessary to measure the scope of the teams, and how much work they can complete during a given sprint. The ability to know the scope of the teams allows you to create stable velocity delivering work at the end of a sprint.

Building a stable velocity is essential to becoming more predictable and adaptable in the marketplace.

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Originally published at https://www.leadingagile.com on May 5, 2022.

Published in LeadingAgile Field Notes

·May 4

Agile Teams: What They Are & How They Operate

The foundation of Agile is to form teams, build backlogs and produce a working, tested increment of product. These are The 3 Things necessary for Agile to succeed. When a company wants to adopt Agile, an important first step is defining a strategy of what the teams will look like and what they will be formed around. Our team forming strategy allows us to create autonomous teams that collaborate to create a finished product. We empower team members to use their expertise to make decisions and create a consistent workflow.

Agile

1 min read

Agile Teams: What They Are & How They Operate

The foundation of Agile is to form teams, build backlogs and produce a working, tested increment of product. These are The 3 Things necessary for Agile to succeed.

When a company wants to adopt Agile, an important first step is defining a strategy of what the teams will look like and what they will be formed around.

Our team forming strategy allows us to create autonomous teams that collaborate to create a finished product. We empower team members to use their expertise to make decisions and create a consistent workflow.

With the teams formed in this way, we are set up for success on the path to sustainable Business Agility.

Originally Posted to www.leadingagile.com on May 4, 2022

Published in LeadingAgile Field Notes

·Apr 22

Better Teams Lead To Better Transformations

Written by: LeadingAgile The foundation of Agile is to form teams, build backlogs and produce a working, tested increment of product. These are The 3 Things necessary for Agile to succeed. When a company wants to adopt Agile, an important first step is defining a strategy of what the teams…

Agile Transformation

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Better Teams Lead To Better Transformations

Apr 21

What is Slowing Down Your Agile Transformation? It Could be Your Legacy Applications

Written By: Daryl Kulak If you’ve tried an Agile Transformation yourself or with a partner, you know that every Transformation has many dimensions. You must look at an organization’s structure, project budgeting, product hierarchy, team practices, engineering practices, and much more. …

Software Development

5 min read

What is Slowing Down Your Agile Transformation? It Could be Your Legacy Applications

Apr 8

What’s In a System

Written By: Len Greski The foundation of sustainable Business Agility is a “systems first” Transformation. The basic idea is that systems deliver the results they’re designed to produce, and therefore, the path to Business Agility starts with improving the system. What’s In A System? Early in a Transformation, we organize a company’s Transformation around…

Agile Transformation

4 min read

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·Apr 7

First Principles With Mike Cottmeyer

Recorded by Dave Prior At LeadingAgile our approach to helping organizations transform the way they work is deeply rooted in First Principles. These are core beliefs we all have in common that shape the way we work. …

2 min read

Published in LeadingAgile SoundNotes

·Apr 5

Is Your Software Getting Better or Worse?

Recored by Lance Kind Lance Kind, Daryl Kulak, and George Walters join for this podcast episode about software. Daryl and George describe how they help companies answer the question: Is your software getting better or worse? …

Business Agility

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Is Your Software Getting Better or Worse?

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·Mar 30

Engaging Critical Internal Partners For Transformation Success

Written By: Daniel Krall Our goal is to provide the LeadingAgile solution to engage critical internal partner leaders and stakeholders for Transformation success, sustained business outcomes, and value realization. Building the Agile Ecosystem Often Agile Transformations are introduced or initiated in client organizations through IT leadership (e.g., CIO, CTO). In some cases, LeadingAgile has…

Agile Transformation

6 min read

Engaging Critical Internal Partners For Transformation Success

Mar 28

Creating Safety For Your People To Change

Written By LeadingAgile To make a meaningful change requires people to think, feel, or do something different-and usually all three simultaneously. But people are naturally resistant to change. We become comfortable in what we know, and moving into an unknown experience can be scary. There are many reasons people resist…

Change Management

4 min read

Creating Safety For Your People To Change

Mar 24

Transformation, Business Architecture, and Scaling

Mike Cottmeyer was recently a guest on the Agile to Agility podcast with Miljan Bajic where he discussed Transformation, Business Architecture, and Scaling. Listen now. Agile to Agility Website TRANSCRIPT: Speaker: Miljan Bajic 00:29 Who is Mike Cottmeyer and what’s been your journey? Mike Cottmeyer 00:33 Okay, well, that’s a…

Agile

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