John Basso6 days ago8 min readChained Dependencies: Approaches to Identify and Remove Complex DependenciesOccasionally, you observe something so obviously out of place and wrong that you immediately wonder, “Why hasn’t anyone fixed this...
John BassoJul 66 min readUser Story Statuses: Ditching ComplexityIn theory, it shouldn’t matter how many statuses your team uses to describe user stories. Or should it? If a story goes through eight...
John BassoJun 96 min readAgile as a Religion (After all, it’s perfect, right!?)Do you have teammates who treat Agile as a Religion of sorts? Agile isn’t a religion, so don’t treat it like one!
John BassoApr 168 min readReframing Constraints: Could The Right Balance of Constraints Be Required for Success?Consider how negative constraints are viewed. They—that is, constraints—are almost always seen as something that should be removed....
John BassoMar 267 min readOrganizing Work: Is it Okay to Parallelize Tasks?Storytime on the importance of organizing work… A long time ago… in a land not so far away, I was just starting work as a new developer....
John BassoMar 910 min readThe Value of Retrospectives Inside and Outside of the Sprint CycleThe human heartbeat is amazing. It powers the body and mind. It is fantastic, but it isn’t the only critical system running on some sort...