Jessica Crowley is a Licensed Scrum Trainer, Certified SAFe 5 Program Consultant, Certified Scrum Master, and Certified Product Owner that can train and certify in both the Scrum@Scale and Scaled Agile Frameworks. She is an experienced Enterprise Agile Coach that has helped create a branch of Humphreys & Associates called Radically Better Agile. She organically journeyed through an Agile Transformation in the commercial sector from inception to successful expansion. She guides some of the largest US Department of Defense contractors, subcontractors, and customers through Agile Transformations providing training, certifications, and coaching support.
Many organizations implement measurements that unwittingly encourage or elicit poor practices and behaviors. As they become more Agile, the pillars of Empiricism allow for increased transparency which can easily be abused. This transparency can provide a wealth of information on how scrum teams are performing and allows for identification of improvement areas. Metrics that are put into place without consideration of the desired outcome result in a change in behavior and practice which may not lead to Agility. Metrics that elicit and encourage appropriate practices and values such as: Commitment, Courage, Focus, Openness and Respect will propel teams to higher performing states.
Best Agile Articles is a collaborative project of the Agile community to bring you the best of the best publications each year. Our goal in publishing these yearly editions is to cull through the many articles that are published each year and provide you with a curated set of high-quality articles that capture the latest knowledge and experience of the agile community in one compact volume. Our purpose is twofold. First, we understand that it’s hard to figure out where to go when looking for ideas and answers. There are thousands of blogs, videos, books and other resources available at the click of a mouse. But that can be a lot to sort through. So, we thought we could be of some help. Second, we wanted to bring some visibility to many people who are doing outstanding work in this field and are providing helpful resources. We hope that this publication will help them connect to you, the ones they are writing for. Our intention is that this publication is to be by the agile community as a service to the agile community and for the agile community. With that in mind, we pulled together a great group of volunteers to help get this work into your hands.
The articles in this volume were selected by: • A diverse Volunteer Committee of sixteen people with expertise in a variety of areas related to agile. • The agile community. A call for article nominations went out in early 2020 and several dozen 2019 articles were nominated by the community.
The articles themselves cover a wide variety of topics including organizational structure, culture, and agile leadership. There is something for almost everyone here. All editions of the Best Agile Articles publication are available on Amazon and free to download on the Best Agile Article site. We are thankful for the great participation by the agile community at large. If you would like to participate in delivering this publication in future years, we would welcome hearing from you.
Denise Jarvie is a Licensed Scrum Trainer, Certified SAFe 5 Program Consultant, Certified Scrum Master, and Certified Product Owner that can train and certify in both the Scrum@Scale and Scaled Agile Frameworks.
Denise is an experienced Enterprise Agile Coach with a strong background in the Government Sector. She is passionate about developing capability for the warfighter faster using Agile development approaches. Denise co-created a branch of Humphreys & Associates called Radically Better Agile and she promotes the adoption of Agile in the Department of Defense.
Best Agile Articles is a collaborative project of the Agile community to bring you the best of the best publications each year. Our goal in publishing these yearly editions is to cull through the many articles that are published each year and provide you with a curated set of high-quality articles that capture the latest knowledge and experience of the agile community in one compact volume. Our purpose is twofold. First, we understand that it’s hard to figure out where to go when looking for ideas and answers. There are thousands of blogs, videos, books and other resources available at the click of a mouse. But that can be a lot to sort through. So, we thought we could be of some help. Second, we wanted to bring some visibility to many people who are doing outstanding work in this field and are providing helpful resources. We hope that this publication will help them connect to you, the ones they are writing for. Our intention is that this publication is to be by the agile community as a service to the agile community and for the agile community. With that in mind, we pulled together a great group of volunteers to help get this work into your hands.
The articles in this volume were selected by: • A diverse Volunteer Committee of sixteen people with expertise in a variety of areas related to agile. • The agile community. A call for article nominations went out in early 2020 and several dozen 2019 articles were nominated by the community.
The articles themselves cover a wide variety of topics including organizational structure, culture, and agile leadership. There is something for almost everyone here. All editions of the Best Agile Articles publication are available on Amazon and free to download on the Best Agile Article site. We are thankful for the great participation by the agile community at large. If you would like to participate in delivering this publication in future years, we would welcome hearing from you.
2020 Nominations Are Open!
CLICK HERE to Nominate your favorite article
Or click here to see articles nominated already AND VOTE!
Jessica Crowley
Jessica Crowley is a Licensed Scrum Trainer, Certified SAFe 5 Program Consultant, Certified Scrum Master, and Certified Product Owner that can train and certify in both the Scrum@Scale and Scaled Agile Frameworks. She is an experienced Enterprise Agile Coach that has helped create a branch of Humphreys & Associates called Radically Better Agile. She organically journeyed through an Agile Transformation in the commercial sector from inception to successful expansion. She guides some of the largest US Department of Defense contractors, subcontractors, and customers through Agile Transformations providing training, certifications, and coaching support.
Meaningful Agile Metrics
Many organizations implement measurements that unwittingly encourage or elicit poor practices and behaviors. As they become more Agile, the pillars of Empiricism allow for increased transparency which can easily be abused. This transparency can provide a wealth of information on how scrum teams are performing and allows for identification of improvement areas. Metrics that are put into place without consideration of the desired outcome result in a change in behavior and practice which may not lead to Agility. Metrics that elicit and encourage appropriate practices and values such as: Commitment, Courage, Focus, Openness and Respect will propel teams to higher performing states.
About Best Agile Articles Project
Best Agile Articles is a collaborative project of the Agile community to bring you the best of the best publications each year. Our goal in publishing these yearly editions is to cull through the many articles that are published each year and provide you with a curated set of high-quality articles that capture the latest knowledge and experience of the agile community in one compact volume.
Our purpose is twofold. First, we understand that it’s hard to figure out where to go when looking for ideas and answers. There are thousands of blogs, videos, books and other resources available at the click of a mouse. But that can be a lot to sort through. So, we thought we could be of some help. Second, we wanted to bring some visibility to many people who are doing outstanding work in this field and are providing helpful resources. We hope that this publication will help them connect to you, the ones they are writing for.
Our intention is that this publication is to be by the agile community as a service to the agile community and for the agile community. With that in mind, we pulled together a great group of volunteers to help get this work into your hands.
The articles in this volume were selected by:
• A diverse Volunteer Committee of sixteen people with expertise in a variety of areas related to agile.
• The agile community. A call for article nominations went out in early 2020 and several dozen 2019 articles were nominated by the community.
The articles themselves cover a wide variety of topics including organizational structure, culture, and agile leadership. There is something for almost everyone here. All editions of the Best Agile Articles publication are available on Amazon and free to download on the Best Agile Article site.
We are thankful for the great participation by the agile community at large. If you would like to participate in delivering this publication in future years, we would welcome hearing from you.
2020 Nominations Are Open!
CLICK HERE to Nominate your favorite article
Or click here to see articles nominated already AND VOTE
2020 Nominations Are Open!
CLICK HERE to Nominate your favorite article
Or click here to see articles nominated already AND VOTE!
Denise Jarvie
Denise Jarvie is a Licensed Scrum Trainer, Certified SAFe 5 Program Consultant, Certified Scrum Master, and Certified Product Owner that can train and certify in both the Scrum@Scale and Scaled Agile Frameworks.
Denise is an experienced Enterprise Agile Coach with a strong background in the Government Sector. She is passionate about developing capability for the warfighter faster using Agile development approaches. Denise co-created a branch of Humphreys & Associates called Radically Better Agile and she promotes the adoption of Agile in the Department of Defense.
Meaningful Agile Metrics
About Best Agile Articles Project
Best Agile Articles is a collaborative project of the Agile community to bring you the best of the best publications each year. Our goal in publishing these yearly editions is to cull through the many articles that are published each year and provide you with a curated set of high-quality articles that capture the latest knowledge and experience of the agile community in one compact volume.
Our purpose is twofold. First, we understand that it’s hard to figure out where to go when looking for ideas and answers. There are thousands of blogs, videos, books and other resources available at the click of a mouse. But that can be a lot to sort through. So, we thought we could be of some help. Second, we wanted to bring some visibility to many people who are doing outstanding work in this field and are providing helpful resources. We hope that this publication will help them connect to you, the ones they are writing for.
Our intention is that this publication is to be by the agile community as a service to the agile community and for the agile community. With that in mind, we pulled together a great group of volunteers to help get this work into your hands.
The articles in this volume were selected by:
• A diverse Volunteer Committee of sixteen people with expertise in a variety of areas related to agile.
• The agile community. A call for article nominations went out in early 2020 and several dozen 2019 articles were nominated by the community.
The articles themselves cover a wide variety of topics including organizational structure, culture, and agile leadership. There is something for almost everyone here. All editions of the Best Agile Articles publication are available on Amazon and free to download on the Best Agile Article site.
We are thankful for the great participation by the agile community at large. If you would like to participate in delivering this publication in future years, we would welcome hearing from you.
2020 Nominations Are Open!
CLICK HERE to Nominate your favorite article
Or click here to see articles nominated already AND VOTE