If you or the team are asking yourselves this, then it sounds like something is wrong. When the team doesn’t see value in daily Scrum, the meeting isn’t doing what it needs to. But the answer to the problem doesn’t lie in simply skipping daily Scrum. I can say that for sure. I’ll make my…
The 9 Hidden Chrome Settings You Should Change Right Now
Chrome is designed to be easy to use, but also to give you lots of options if you want them. And you don’t need to be a developer or even all that techy to change Chrome to suit your preferences. Below are nine Chrome settings you can change right now to get the best out…
The Best Scrum Software of 2019
The first thing you’ll notice from a cursory search for Scrum software is the hundreds of options available. How do you know what you really need among all these bells, whistles, and customizations? Testing. And lots of it. Luckily most subscription software tools these days come with free trials, so you can test them obligation-free.…
How to Cast a Chrome Tab for the First Time
Chromecast’s ability to turn any TV into a smart TV—able to stream movies, TV, music, and more—is pretty cool. But as well as being able to stream content from the web with your Chromecast, you can Cast from your computer to your TV. It’s not complex, and it lets you turn your TV into a…
Agile vs Scrum: Everything You Need to Know
Is all Scrum agile? Is all agile Scrum? Are all squares rectangles? Yes, all squares are also rectangles. But when it comes to Scrum vs agile and agile vs Scrum, it’s a little more complicated. You can’t really pit one against the other at all. To get to the bottom of this distinction, I’ll give…
Chrome Remote Desktop: How to Take Over Someone’s Computer
Chrome Remote Desktop lets you take control of a computer on the other side of town—or the other side of the world. This software tool works through the Chrome browser, and it’s OS-agnostic, so you can control a Mac with a PC or a Linux computer with an iPhone. In this post, we’ll look at…
How to Build Your First Scrum Team
Building your first Scrum team is like doing anything for the first time: it gets easier the more you do it, but if you screw up the first time, you might never give it another shot. I’d say it’s worth persevering, though. It all starts with your readiness to adopt Scrum itself. By transitioning into…
How Sketch Took on Adobe by Making a Faster, Leaner, Cheaper Image Editor
When Pieter Omvlee was tasked with designing a simple drawing application as part of his computer science class at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, he set about creating a lightweight app that would fulfill his homework assignment. In the late 2000s, the vector drawing app market was a lot smaller than it is…
The 7 Chrome Flags You Should Enable (And 2 You Shouldn’t)
Chrome Flags can be a great way to customize Chrome. You get access to experimental features that haven’t been rolled out yet and can manage how your browser interacts with the web. You don’t have to be very techy to use them, and it’s easy to turn them off if you don’t like them or…
How to Run the Perfect Scrum Meeting
Daily Scrum, Scrum meeting, Scrum standup… no matter what you call it, this 15-minute timeboxed meeting is one of the most important elements of your software development strategy. Scrum meetings provide opportunities for teams to assess their work and adapt accordingly. Executed well, Scrum meetings alert the team to potential problems and keep the pace…