Agile
What are Agile Methodologies?
What exactly do software teams mean when they speak about agile thinking? Is agile the same as Scrum Theory, or Kanban? Where do various agile...
Agile
What Are Scrum Artifacts?
What Are Scrum Artifacts? As our technology systems and projects continue to evolve in both size and complexity, scrum meetings and agile methodology have become...
Agile
What is Scrum?
Keeping track of every little task and to-do item within a production cycle is no small feat. Today’s technology and development teams are responsible for...
Agile
What is Sprint Planning?
In scrum, Sprint Planning is a ceremony or event held to set a clear direction and expectations for an upcoming sprint. Sprint planning is crucial...
Product
What is a Product Backlog?
In a scrum environment, teams must prioritize all individual work items that must be completed overtime in order to maintain and improve a product. It...
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Agile, Best Practices & Insights
The 4 Agile Scrum Ceremonies: Everything You Need to Know
Commonly referred to as agile ceremonies, the Official Scrum Guide calls them events. But what are we really talking about? These are meetings, which are...
Best Practices & Insights
The Problems With Agile and Scrum
Agile is a popular buzzword in software development, with some organizations and teams masquerading as “agile” while they are actually doing something very different. I’ve...
Best Practices & Insights
Lessons in Building Well-Formed Scrum and Kanban Teams
In the early days of Amazon, Jeff Bezos set a rule: teams shouldn’t be larger than what two pizzas can feed, no matter how large...
Agile, Best Practices & Insights
From Scrum to Kanban: Why Most Delivery Teams at PagerDuty Made the Switch
“And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.” – Confucius Nearly two years ago, I joined PagerDuty as an Agile Coach with limited...
Best Practices & Insights, Ideas, Thoughts
Is Forecasting Releases Really Necessary?
A release is a set of customer visible and operational features that together provide a completely new or improved product capability. It’s something that’s meaningful...
Best Practices & Insights, Collaboration, Thoughts
Scrum Your Way: Empower Your Teams to be Different
Here at PagerDuty, our engineering teams are committed to Agile development principles that favor rapid iteration over lengthy periods of design, and favor direct communication...