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Agile Manifesto: Principle #12
In honour of the 20 year anniversary of the Agile Manifesto, each monthly blog this year will focus on one of the twelve principles. "At...
markrajpal
Dec 1, 20211 min read
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Agile Manifesto: Principle #11
In honour of the 20 year anniversary of the Agile Manifesto, each monthly blog this year will focus on one of the twelve principles. "The...
markrajpal
Nov 2, 20211 min read
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Agile Manifesto: Principle #10
In honour of the 20 year anniversary of the Agile Manifesto, each monthly blog this year will focus on one of the twelve principles....
markrajpal
Oct 2, 20211 min read
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Agile Manifesto: Principle #9
In honour of the 20 year anniversary of the Agile Manifesto, each monthly blog this year will focus on one of the twelve principles....
markrajpal
Sep 20, 20211 min read
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Agile Manifesto: Principle #8
In honour of the 20 year anniversary of the Agile Manifesto, each monthly blog this year will focus on one of the twelve principles....
markrajpal
Aug 2, 20211 min read
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Agile Manifesto: Principle #7
In honour of the 20 year anniversary of the Agile Manifesto, each monthly blog this year will focus on one of the twelve principles....
markrajpal
Jul 1, 20211 min read
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Agile Manifesto: Principle #6
In honour of the 20 year anniversary of the Agile Manifesto, each monthly blog this year will focus on one of the twelve principles. "The...
markrajpal
Jun 9, 20211 min read
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Agile Manifesto: Principle #5
In honour of the 20 year anniversary of the Agile Manifesto, each monthly blog this year will focus on one of the twelve principles....
markrajpal
May 22, 20211 min read
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Agile Manifesto: Principle #4
In honour of the 20 year anniversary of the Agile Manifesto, each monthly blog this year will focus on one of the twelve principles....
markrajpal
Apr 16, 20211 min read
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Agile Manifesto: Principle #3
In honour of the 20 year anniversary of the Agile Manifesto, each monthly blog this year will focus on one of the twelve principles....
markrajpal
Mar 3, 20211 min read
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Agile Manifesto: Principle #2
In honour of the 20 year anniversary of the Agile Manifesto, each monthly blog this year will focus on one of the twelve principles....
markrajpal
Feb 6, 20211 min read
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Agile Manifesto: Principle #1
In honour of the 20 year anniversary of the Agile Manifesto, each monthly blog this year will focus on one of the twelve principles....
markrajpal
Jan 31, 20211 min read
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Are 1 week Sprints really possible?
Before we try to answer the question of whether 1 week Sprints are possible, lets examine 'why' we would even want to consider that....
markrajpal
Dec 21, 20202 min read
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What happened to the 3 questions in the new Scrum Guide?
If you're familiar with the 2017 version of the Scrum Guide, the 3 questions were: What did I do yesterday that helped the Development...
markrajpal
Nov 30, 20201 min read
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Meaningful Sprint Goals
Have you even encountered the situation where the team has just completed Sprint Planning, they've just determined their Sprint Goal, and...
markrajpal
Oct 10, 20201 min read
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Insightful Agile Blog Sites
In no particular order: Mountain Goat Software (Mike Cohn) https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog Martin Fowler (it's not really a...
markrajpal
Sep 19, 20201 min read
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Below the Surface of High-Performing Agile Teams
We've all seen the common attributes of high-performing teams: Healthy conflict Self-organizing Trust Accountability Fun Aligned...
markrajpal
Aug 8, 20202 min read
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What is the opposite of "Being Agile"?
Disclaimer: There are great articles on the importance of "Being Agile" vs. just "Doing Agile", so this blog post will not attempt to...
markrajpal
Jul 1, 20201 min read
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How do Agile Coaches re-invent themselves?
Throughout the pandemic there has been a constant theme of "re-inventing". Small businesses have been forced to find creative ways of...
markrajpal
Jun 1, 20201 min read
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What do Agile and COVID have in common?
They both emphasize the importance of TESTING. Not only does Agile emphasize testing, but one of the key differentiators between Agile...
Mark Rajpal
May 1, 20201 min read
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Repurpose the Retrospective
Sounds crazy doesn't it? Afterall, the retrospective influences change which we all know is highly valuable. In an ideal world, a...
Mark Rajpal
Apr 1, 20201 min read
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S.M.A.R.T Goals are great but...
It does seem to lack something quite critical. It doesn't address ACCOUNTABILITY. Most Agile teams have no issues coming up with SMART...
Mark Rajpal
Mar 1, 20201 min read
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The Reason Behind the Resistance
At first, the answer may seem obvious. You may be tempted to assume that the teams are anti-Agile and they’re never going to buy into...
Mark Rajpal
Feb 1, 20203 min read
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Are T-Shaped Skills Really Necessary?
Let’s say you have an Agile team that is composed of team members with only I-shaped skills. Doesn’t sound good, does it? But...
Mark Rajpal
Jan 1, 20202 min read
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