Agile Profiler

A daily 15-minute meeting for the development team to synchronize activities and create a plan for the next 24 hours.

A collaborative event where the team plans the work to be performed during the upcoming sprint.

An informal meeting held at the end of the Sprint to inspect the Increment and adapt the Product Backlog if needed.

An opportunity for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint.

Assesses the accountabilities and effectiveness of the Product Owner role on the team.

Assesses the accountabilities and effectiveness of the Scrum Master role on the team.

Using a Kanban board to see the stages of the workflow and the progress of items from start to finish.

Setting explicit limits on how many items may be in progress at each workflow state.

Monitoring, measuring, and reporting the flow of work through the system to make it smoother and more predictable.

Two programmers work together at one workstation, with one writing code and the other reviewing each line as it's typed.

Writing automated tests before writing the code that needs to pass them.

Integrating, building, and testing the codebase frequently—at least daily.

A technique to capture product requirements from the perspective of an end user.

The use of metrics to track progress, improve predictability, and drive continuous improvement.