My learnings after living in 12 countries in one year — Almost 40 000 kilometres, 12 countries and over 50 different beds - this is 2021 - my first and the last year as a digital nomad. I must admit, crossing out so many things from my bucket list was both exciting and exhausting. …

My learnings after delivering over 10 IT projects — Every project is unique and to maximise your chances for the best outputs tailor-made planning session might come in handy. Scrum tries to offer a blueprint for such meetings, but from my experience, it’s better to adjust best practices to your needs and customise if needed. …

How to conduct perfect product grooming What is backlog refinement? It’s a meeting to work with your product backlog. Backlog refinement may be a regular meeting or scheduled when needed. There are several possible goals for such an event: removing user stories that no longer appear relevant creating new user stories in response to…

A Sprint Review is an essential part of the Sprint process. It’s an opportunity for the development team to show off its work and to excite stakeholders. The Sprint Review is more than just a presentation of what has been achieved. The team will address market changes, update the release…

The sprint retrospective is an opportunity to inspect the situation within a team and create a plan for improvements. The retrospective should create a safe space for people to share their honest feedback on what’s going well, what could be improved, and generate a discussion around things that should change…

Three years ago, our web application received 30 press publications including Forbes, just in two weeks. Our users enjoyed the service itself but strongly required to have it in a more handy version. Unfortunately, the technical debt of our MVP made it completely unprofitable to maintain the platform. …

If your team follows the Scrum framework, you’re probably familiar with all the 5 Scrum Ceremonies organized during a Sprint. Scrum offers a solid foundation for setting up these meetings, but in my experience there are a few things all project managers can do to make these Agile Ceremonies even…

Make teamwork a source of motivation for your teams with these battle-tested tactics. — We all join new teams with our unique assumptions and expectations about teamwork. I believe that understanding where these expectations come from is essential to building a productive team environment. Here are some battle-tested practices for making teamwork a source of satisfaction to your team so that it helps them…

Do-It-Yourself Public Relations Guidebook — As a startup founder, you have one goal: to create the best possible product. The value of your brainchild might be clear to you but it’s not that obvious to other people — including your potential customers. Even if you develop an amazing Minimum Viable Product (MVP), its success isn’t…