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Scrum
Secret Scrum Collaboration – Earl Beede
5 Tips for Retrospectives – Jenny Stuart
Staffing the Scrum Product Owner Position – Jenny Stuart
Value Story – Alex Sloley
Are User Stories Requirements? – Earl Beede
5 Keys to Large Scale Scrum – Jenny Stuart
Agile Development
The Agile Pyramid – Alex Sloley
Agile Transformation – Change Model (Part 1) – Steve McConnell
Agile Transformation – Adoption Model (Part 2) – Steve McConnell
Estimation
Estimates, Targets and Commitments – Steve McConnell
How to Tell When You are Not Being Asked for an Estimate – Steve McConnell
#NoEstimates – Steve McConnell
Estimate Types – Earl Beede
Ouija Board Estimation – Alex Sloley
Do’s and Dont’s of Estimate Discussions – Steve McConnell
Management & Leadership
The Definition of Done – Earl Beede
The Pomodoro Technique – Melvin Perez
Software Challenges for Hardware Companies – Steve McConnell
Software Requirements
What is a Functional Requirement? – Earl Beede
Are User Stories Requirements? – Earl Beede
Innovation
Increasing Software Innovation – Bob Webber
Culture of Innovation – Bob Webber
John Clifford’s 7 Steps to Success
Introduction – Why Do Software Projects Struggle? – John Clifford
Step 1 – Collaborate With Stakeholders – John Clifford
Step 2 – Estimate Effort, Derive Duration – 7 Steps to Success – John Clifford
Step 3 – Commitment, Performance, Estimates and Plans – John Clifford
Methods & Processes
Lean Coffee – Alex Sloley
Longer Plans for Shorter Projects – Earl Beede
How Healthy is Your Software Process? – Steve Tockey
Dot Voting – Alex Sloley
1, 2, 4, All – Alex Sloley
Up-Down Vote/Roman Voting – Alex Sloley
Emotional Seismograph – Alex Sloley
Mad, Sad, Glad, Afraid – Alex Sloley