Category: Agile
How to Work with Developers Who (Secretly) Can’t Stand PMs
They don’t hate you… just everything you represent. Here’s how to change that Hint: You’re not there to impress them. You’re there to earn trust. Let’s be honest — there’s a silent tension in many tech teams. You walk into your first standup, armed with your roadmap, your optimistic smile and your carefully color-coded backlog.And you’re greeted with…… Read more
Surviving Your First Sprint as a Scrum Master
The First Rule of Sprint Club: You Don’t Talk… You Watch Welcome to your first sprint as a Scrum Master. If you’re feeling a strange cocktail of excitement, dread and the overwhelming urge to Google “how to be a Scrum Master without getting fired,” congratulations — you’re exactly where you should be. Let’s be honest: your Agile training… Read more
How to Transition from Project Manager to Scrum Master
From Gantt Charts to Daily Standups — Your Practical Guide to Making the Shift 1. Let’s Clear This Up: PM ≠ SM Here’s the cold truth many don’t tell you:Being a Project Manager doesn’t automatically make you ready to be a Scrum Master. In fact, this transition trips up a lot of seasoned PMs. Why?Because the roles may seem… Read more
Your First 30 Days as a Scrum Master
What to Watch, What to Learn and What to Definitely Not Fake So, you’ve landed the role.Badge unlocked. Zoom link received. Jira board… slightly terrifying. Welcome to the dojo, Sensei-in-training.The Scrum Master badge might be pinned to your chest, but the first 30 days? That’s when you start earning it. You’re not here to swing a… Read more
7 Tech Things You Should Know Before Becoming a Scrum Master
(So You Don’t Feel Like a Tourist in Every Standup) You want to become a Scrum Master.Maybe you’ve worked in HR, operations, customer service or even project coordination.You love people, you’re great at communication and you’ve got the soft skills part down cold. But the tech side?The jargon, the tools, the stuff developers talk about… Read more
How Do You Measure Success as a Scrum Master?
Spoiler: It’s not velocity charts and Jira hygiene A good Scrum Master isn’t just a meeting facilitator.A great one? They build systems that help people thrive. But here’s the kicker — how do you actually know if you’re doing well?There’s no tidy KPI dashboard for “team sanity” or “product value clarity.”So let’s dig into what success really looks like… Read more
Scrum Antipatterns Explained: What New Agile Teams Get Wrong
(And How to Steer Around Them) Scrum is like learning to ride a bike.You start wobbly. You hit a few curbs.Maybe fly over the handlebars once or twice. And that’s okay. Because it’s not about being perfect — it’s about learning to spot the potholes before they throw you off balance. In this blog post, we’ll walk through… Read more
How to Write Clear, Concise, and Complete User Stories
Cut the fluff, ditch the ambiguity, and use this 5-step checklist to write user stories that work Ever read a user story that felt like a riddle wrapped in an essay, sprinkled with just enough ambiguity to confuse the entire sprint?Yeah — me too. User stories are supposed to clarify, align, and accelerate delivery.But most of the time,… Read more
Better Sprint Planning: How to Replace Story Points Today
Why Are We Still Using Story Points in 2025? It’s been over two decades since Agile became mainstream, and we’re still clinging to story points like they’re sacred Agile scripture. Teams are locked in endless debates over whether something is a 3 or a 5. PMs turn velocity into a performance metric. Burn-down charts look… Read more
Agile Project Manager Explained for 2025: Skills, Daily Tasks, and What Makes the Role Unique
A Practical Guide to Untangling the Roles Behind Modern Project Delivery Let’s set the scene:You walk into the kitchen of a busy restaurant. Pans clanging, orders flying, steam rising. Someone’s barking updates, someone else is plating the risotto like it’s a sacred ritual, and someone’s fending off the owner who “just wants to add one more… Read more