Clayton Lengel-Zigich
Pragmatic technology leader
Articles
How to run commitment-driven planning meetings in 5 easy steps
October 26, 2021
Commitment-Driven Sprint Planning is a technique that helps a team determine how much work to bring into their Sprint.
Effective Sprint Planning
April 27, 2021
Lessons learned lauching my book Effective Sprint Planning
Secrets of Software Planning
November 29, 2020
Introducing an eBook about effective sprint planning techniques
A Thoughtful Reply
March 12, 2018
A experiment focused on helping others achieve their goals
Retrospective: Setting Expectations
March 13, 2013
A retrospective technique for helping teams understand and define their expectations of others
Building a Self-Sustaining Ecosystem through Agile Coaching
September 20, 2012
My experience attending the Culture Conference in 2012
Agile Principles: Progress Requires Working Software
August 08, 2012
An exploration of the agile principle of working software being the primary measure of progress
Add Fun to Your Scrum Board
May 04, 2012
A simple idea for adding some fun to your physical scrum board
Retrospectives: Best Practices, Common Problems and New Ideas
May 03, 2012
My presentation to the Phoenix Scrum User's Group about running effective retrospectives
Agile Principles: Tear Down These Cubes
March 06, 2012
An exploration of the agile principle about effective communication
Agile Principles: Self-Organizing Teams are Motivated Teams
March 01, 2012
Ideas about the agile principle of self-organizing teams
Agile Principles: Collaborate Everyday
February 29, 2012
Thoughts on the agile principle of collaborative work
Agile Principles: Frequently Deliver Working Software
February 28, 2012
Thoughts on the agile principle of delivering working software
Agile Principles: Iterate. Evaluate. Repeat
July 06, 2011
Exploring the agile principle about changing requirements
Let Conversations Write Your Tests
May 11, 2011
Understanding how discussions during planning can help inform the tests you write
Agile Principles: Deliver Early and Often, but Always Deliver Value
January 07, 2010
Discussing the agile principle of delivery early and often
Do You Make This Common Mistake When Estimating?
January 06, 2010
A common mistake many scrum teams making when estimating user stories
Why Developers Avoid Testing
December 09, 2009
My thoughts on why developers avoid writing tests and testing in general
Do You Make This Common Debugging Mistake?
November 18, 2009
Mistakes developers make when debugging their software
Quit Being Comfortable
October 04, 2008
On getting outside of your comfort zone and exploring new opportunities