Charting unknown Waters
The Logbook of agile tales. Navigating complexity one entry at a time.
No-Plan Agile
Logbook Entry#07
The Product Backlog is not a planning tool. It's a delivery mechanism. But what does that mean exactly? And why do most organizations skip the step that makes agile actually work?
When Done Isn't Done
Logbook Entry#06
Four people say "I’m done!" Four people mean something different. How the Definition of Done quietly became a quality checklist instead of an outcome definition.
The Metric of Nothing
Logbook Entry#03
Story Points were supposed to help teams talk about complexity. Then someone put them on a dashboard. What happens when a conversation tool becomes fantasy math with a deadline.
User Story vs. Story Issue Type
Logbook Entry#02
A team told me the User Story was the thing they hated most about their daily work. Turns out, it wasn't the format that was broken. It was where we put it.