I will not make the deadline. This is one of the hardest realities in project management. The deadline is approaching, and your chances of meeting it are low. What do you do in this situation? Hope for the best? Take the risk and go for it? Well, the answer is complex, but I keep the following in mind. Keep sustainable pace When working in an agile way, we want to keep a sustainable pace. We try to keep this pace by working with the concept that when something is fixed, other things are...

Sprint Reviews are an essential part of the Agile development process, allowing teams to showcase their progress and gather valuable feedback from stakeholders. However, traditional Sprint Reviews can sometimes become repetitive and fail to capture the true essence of collaboration and innovation. Here are my 10 experiments you can try for your next Sprint Review! 1️⃣ Experiment number 1 - The raw and dirty. If you spend a lot of time preparing the slides, doing demos, and doing dry runs, Try...

How do you know if your meeting was impactful? My favorite way is to do a ROTI (Return On Time Invested) score. Here's how you can do a ROTI score: 👊 Ask everyone to hold up their hand in a fist. Count down from 3️⃣2️⃣1️⃣. Everyone gives a score from 👊to 🖐. 🖐 being the highest. 👊 being the lowest. Here's what the result of a ROTI exercise could look like: 🤟🖐👆✌🖖👊 Then, do a round table to ask why they chose a particular score. 💥 BAM! 💥 You have feedback on your meeting you can take into...