There is a theory that holds that there is a limit to the number of meaningful social relationships that a person can have at one time. Dunbar’s number, articulated by the British anthropologist Robin Dunbar, sets that limit of social relationships at about 150 people. Dunbar’s Number sometimes informs decision-making about how many Agile teams...Read More

In Scrum, there is a daily meeting of no more than 15 minutes, during which the Developers on a Scrum Team share knowledge, volunteer to help each other, identify dependencies/risks, and agree on next steps for removing roadblocks. A common anti-pattern with the Daily Scrum is for team members to treat it like a status...Read More

In Lean software development, there is a chart that shows the number of items in each state of a workflow over time. The information that this type of chart–a Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD)–imparts, is how well work is flowing through a system. Specifically, a CFD shows the quantity of work in a given state, including...Read More