Agile Fundamentals Training
28th April 2025
Do you want to keep investing in improving yourself and your team? If you believe in continuous improvement, then this new Agile Fundamentals training is for you. This new training …
Essential steps for an effective retrospective
26th September 2024
In my most recent retrospective recipe, generic retrospective template, I outlined a structured approach to ensure your retrospectives are both effective and engaging. This blog post aims to delve deeper into why I selected each step and how they contribute to a successful retrospective.
Big Room Feedback: our most effective agile performance feedback format ever
14th August 2024
This year, our teams wrapped up nineteen Big Room Feedback sessions. Five more than last year. And more than any other company in the industry. As pioneers in integrating Big …
Unlocking business success with data-driven decision-making
21st March 2024
In the current dynamic business environment, staying ahead requires more than just intuition or gut feeling. It demands a strategic approach grounded in data-driven decision-making (DDDM). As an agile coach, …
Send us your own retro recipe!
22nd January 2024
Exciting news! The retro recipes are now open for external contributions. Until now, only Skyline members could share their retro recipes, but now everyone is welcome to contribute. Have you …
Developing customer satisfaction in Agile project delivery: a roadmap to success
24th November 2023
In the realm of complex projects, the rigid structures of extensive delivery timelines often fail to adapt to the dynamic nature of evolving scopes. Within Agile project delivery, the emphasis …
The evolution of the Quality Coach: a crucial role in Agile software engineering
14th November 2023
In the ever-evolving landscape of software engineering, the Agile methodology has become a cornerstone for many development teams seeking flexibility, adaptability, and collaboration. However, the journey towards embracing Agile practices …
Expanded Retrospective Recipes: empowering teams for greater efficiency
13th July 2023
We are thrilled to announce that our retro recipes library has expanded significantly since our last blog post in September 2022. It has grown from 3 to already 14 recipes, …
Agile transformation towards product domains
6th March 2023
Agile is all about self-managing, cross-functional teams. Ever since we started our transformation into an agile organization many moons ago, we have been committed to continuous improvement not only within …
Monte Carlo Simulations – Predictability in complex environments
5th January 2023
Do you estimate the size of your individual work items? Good! Or is it? Experience teaches us that estimations are very, very often wrong, and that’s okay. However, if there …
Peer feedback
15th November 2022
Peer feedback is an essential component in evolving as a person, a team, and an organization. Additionally, it’s also an undeniably important and great evaluation tool. As a company, Skyline …
Best practices to order your product backlog
5th October 2022
A backlog should be ordered. The Product Owner is the one accountable for ordering these backlogs. But how should the priorities be determined? In this article, we’ll take a look …
Retrospective recipes to go
29th September 2022
Having a hard time coming up with creative and engaging retrospective ideas? We’re happy to announce the launch of our “retro recipes”: easy recipes to quickly cook up engaging retrospectives! …
How to handle unfinished user stories at the end of the Sprint?
29th August 2022
Often there will be work that is left un-“done” at the end of your Sprint. But what should happen to that unfinished work?
Do you have to answer “the three questions” during every Daily Scrum?
11th August 2022
“How do we achieve the purpose of a Daily Scrum without utilizing the three questions: What did I do yesterday? What will I do today? Are there any obstacles to …