How can we better Focus on Customer Outcomes? In May of 2020 Richard George posted a blog about truly focusing on outcome to maximize Agile Value. I truly feel like this post is a hidden gem! Take a look and tell me what your thoughts are: https://medium.com/swlh/customer-outcomes-and-agile-project-management-6cbb32078ca7

Here are 7 Tips To Help You Become a Better Learner:

1. Stay Curious
2. Take Care of Yourself
3. Make Mistakes
4. Focus
5. Switch Up Your Learning Style
6. Teach What You Are Learning
7. Do NOT Stop Learning

In this recent letter I received from Mike Cohn, we discuss how to write more successful stories. Join us as we zoom in and double down on other learners and how we can really get a better grip on Story size and bandwidth.

Join V. Lee Henson. President and Founder of AgileDad as we discuss what is ChatGPT and how does it impact business agility?

Here are The Top 10 Ways To Create and Support An Agile Culture:

1. Provide the teams what they need to truly be successful
2. Define and pursue the most important goals
3. Stop, Collaborate, and Listen with clear focus on outcomes
4. Diversify your teams, networks, and products
5. Effective Communication ROCKS!
6. Stay flexible and adaptive
7. Hire people for sustainability and growth
8. Focus on continual improvement
9. Simplify everything
10. Foster a healthy organizational culture

I am SO VERY happy with the news that the word estimation was replaced by sizing in the 2020 Scrum Guide! This has been a long time coming and it truly does make sense! Estimation forces us into a time-based way of thinking where sizing is more flexible and allow us to have more freedom with regard to relative sizing and forecasting!

Are you truly happy doing what you do now? If not, what would you prefer to be doing? Join V. Lee Henson as we take a journey and discuss how to find out what motivates people and discover what truly motivates us!

Here are The Top 10 Reasons Your Stories Should Fit In a Single Sprint:

1. Success Is More Probable
2. Planning Is Easier
3. Risk Management Is Easier
4. Predictability Is Higher
5. Allows Us To Adapt On The Go
6. Quality Is Higher
7. The Product Is Better
8. Maximize The Amount Of Work Not Done
9. Stakeholders Are Happier
10. We deliver Working Product More Frequently

Here are the top 3 ways to create a better product roadmap:  1. Focus on outcomes, not features
2. Do not commit too soon
3. Shorten the planning horizon

Here are the top 5 ways a real BA can Impact an Agile Project: 

1. Be available and visible
2. Learn about business and strategic objectives.
3. Build a relationship with the technical analyst and development team.
4. Consider how your role and responsibilities impact what others are doing. 
5. Take responsibility for all that you do.