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Have you ever had information that you wanted a group to really dig into? Something important, like a survey or retrospective on important issues across multiple teams in your organization? You’re so excited to finally have insights into issues that have plagued you. With great expectations, you present your results and then: Crickets… Sometimes, the problem isn’t your data, it’s the packaging. We’ve evolved to notice new things or changes in our environment....

I’ve submitted a session for the 2014 Keep Austin Agile conference. Any feedback on this is appreciated via email, or comment below. You can also view, comment, and rate this session on the Austin Agile site. If you havent’s heard of Keep Austin Agile, it’s a one day agile conference that’s put on every other year. Next time is March 21st, 2014. I highly recommend this conference, as the cost is low, the content is great, and the attendee vibe is inspiring....

So your team is transitioning to Scrum and you’re the Product Owner. You’ve started creating those user stories, but wow, how are you going to get them all prioritized? It’s hard to imagine a completely prioritized backlog when you’re just getting started. It can seem like an almost impossible task. Relax, first you need to take a trip to MoSCoW! What is MoSCoW? OK, we’re not talking about a trip to Russia....

If you’ve tried a few of the popular time management systems but never found one that worked for you in the long run, you should have a look at Kirsten Simmons’ Personalized Productivity (link removed, site gone). Kirsten has a quiz that identifies your personal productivity style, which allows you to understand how to work WITH your personality traits to organize your life. Makes sense to me. Why wouldn’t you want to organize your day in a way that works best for your personality?...