John Basso
Chained Dependencies: Approaches to Identify and Remove Complex Dependencies
Occasionally, you observe something so obviously out of place and wrong that you immediately wonder, “Why hasn’t anyone fixed this...
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Bare Knuckles Agile
John Basso
Jul 66 min read
User Story Statuses: Ditching Complexity
In theory, it shouldn’t matter how many statuses your team uses to describe user stories. Or should it? If a story goes through eight...
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John Basso
Jun 96 min read
Agile 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!
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John Basso
Apr 168 min read
Reframing 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....
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John Basso
Mar 267 min read
Organizing 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....
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John Basso
Mar 910 min read
The Value of Retrospectives Inside and Outside of the Sprint Cycle
The 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...
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