standup When Standup Becomes a Status Report (And How to Fix It) Standup was supposed to unblock people. Now it's 15 minutes of everyone reciting a to-do list at you. Here's how engineering managers fix that.
engineering management How to Estimate Engineering Effort (Without Story Points) Story points feel scientific and predict almost nothing about calendar time. Here's a 3-bucket S/M/L sizing system that eng managers and scrum masters can trust.
Kanban Kanban WIP Limit Calculator: Set the Right Cap WIP limits keep your kanban board flowing instead of clogging. Here's a calculator, the Little's Law math behind it, and how to put the number to work on a real board.
estimation How to Estimate Engineering Effort Accurately Story points were supposed to fix estimation. They didn't. Here's a 3-bucket sizing system that correlates with the calendar your stakeholders actually care about.
engineering management When Standup Becomes a Status Report: How to Fix It If your standup sounds like everyone reading their commit log out loud, it's not a standup anymore. Here's how engineering managers fix it.