Hello, SQL Lighthouse: Meaningful deadlines FTW

Last week, my team released a beta version of the product we have been working on for the last six months – SQL Lighthouse. This week, everyone on the team has been reminded how motivating it is to see an idea you’ve been working on start to gather recognition and, more importantly for us, users. At […]

Retrospective Activity: By The Numbers

Introduction I thought I’d share a sprint retrospective activity I came up with recently. As I outlined in a previous post, I like to structure the retrospectives I facilitate in the form popularised by Esther Derby and Diana Larsen in their book Agile Retrospectives. That structure has five sections, each with a specific goal: Set the […]