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Sprint Capacity Planning for Scrum Teams: A Practical Guide

Capacity planning for Scrum Team showing key variables including team size, level of focus, individual availability, iteration length, unit of effort, external distractors, and team composition changes.

Sprint capacity planning is one of the most often used complementary practices by Scrum Teams. This article provides all the basic information and practical examples to plan your next Sprint, if you are This article will explain team capacity and team capacity planning. I will then explore seven key variables for capacity planning. Additionally, I […]

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Upstream Kanban: 7 Essential Metrics for Product Backlog Management

Diagram showing 7 essential upstream Kanban metrics, including throughput, work in progress, discard rate, validation success and failure rates, work item age, and number of blockers.

Upstream Kanban is a Kanban system designed to uncover new knowledge and assess delivery options. The upstream process is a highly creative, collaborative, and unpredictable activity. Consequently, the Upstream Kanban requires a specific set of metrics that can help guide your decisions. This article explores seven essential Upstream Kanban metrics to support agile decision-making, portfolio

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Scrum Team 3D Reality Model: Path to Agile Product-Oriented Organisation

Diagram of Scrum team at the center of three dimensions: portfolio, value flow, and cross-organization collaboration

Why do fewer than half of Agile practitioners report success at scale? The answer lies in rethinking Scrum implementation in these organisations. The challenge is how to become Agile Product-Oriented Organisation. How the Scrum Teams thrive in midsize and large organisations has been a challenge that has not been fully addressed for many years. Roughly

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Product Backlog Management with Upstream Kanban – from chaos to clarity

Diagram comparing a traditional product backlog with an upstream Kanban approach, showing the transition from backlog refinement to structured workflow management.

Product Backlog Management is challenging. Imagine you’re a Product Owner with a backlog of 300+ items. Stakeholders keep adding requests, developers feel lost in prioritization, and every refinement session is a painful, drawn-out discussion. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. If you have ever thought, ‘There must be a better way!’—this article is for

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Scrum Masters as Change Agents: 6 characteristics

Diagram displaying six key characteristics of a Scrum Master as a change agent, including clear vision, patient yet persistent, ask tough questions, knowledgeable leads by example, strong relationships built on trust, and evolve experimentally.

Scrum Masters as change agents, often face challenges in becoming effective in their accountability. The reasons behind this can vary, but changes are inherently difficult. People resist change, consciously or unconsciously, and change agents face these challenges on personal, team and organisational levels. On the other hand, the role of the Scrum Master as a

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