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Mistakes Teams Make When Changing Sprint Length—and How to Fix Them

Changing Sprint length sounds small. It isn’t. You’re rewiring the team’s heartbeat: planning, demo cadence, stakeholder expectations, metrics—everything. Get it right and throughput climbs with less stress. Get it wrong and you’ll drown in churn, missed goals, and noisy metrics. Below are the most common traps I see when teams tweak Sprint cadence, plus fast,…

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Capacity Planning That Survives Reality

Replace wishful thinking with arrival/throughput trends and variability. Here’s a no-theory-bloat playbook you can run this week to set a simple capacity cap and boost predictability—without spreadsheets breeding in the wild. The 20% that moves 80% of results Match intake to historical throughput. Cap WIP by target cycle time (via Little’s Law). Price variability into…

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EBM in Practice: Turn Strategy Reviews Into Evidence Reviews

Monthly strategy meetings often drift into opinions, slide theater, and “feels.” Let’s flip that. Use Evidence-Based Management (EBM) to run monthly evidence reviews anchored on three Key Value Areas that move the needle fast: Current Value (CV), Time-to-Market (TtM), and Ability to Innovate (A2I). You’ll align bets with outcomes, cut waste, and create a repeatable…

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Scrum Team Conflict Resolution: Obliterate Sprint Disruptions

Introduction Scrum team conflict resolution is an essential skill for every Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Developer striving to maintain high productivity and team morale. When role ambiguities, uneven workload distribution, or heated design debates start undermining team dynamics, an entire sprint can stall. In this guide, you’ll learn practical techniques to identify and resolve…

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“We Don’t Want Scrum Anymore!” – What to Do When Your Team Rebels

Introduction When your team says, “We don’t want Scrum anymore,” it’s not just about the framework—it’s a cry for change. Whether you’re a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Product Owner, this moment can feel like a crisis—but it’s also an opportunity. Across Reddit, LinkedIn, and X, practitioners are voicing frustrations with Scrum: too many meetings,…

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Coaching Agile Teams: Unlocking High Performance Through Servant-Leadership

Introduction Agile teams thrive on collaboration, adaptability, and continuous improvement. Yet, without effective coaching, even the most skilled teams can struggle to reach their full potential. Coaching Agile teams isn't just about guiding processes, telling people what to do and solving problems for them - it's about creating a culture of growth, resilience, and high…

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