Have you ever discussed the potential to estimate the cost of future work on the Product Backlog. Kane Mar describes in “How Much Does a Story Point Cost?” one way that he has seen it done. It is a good read for those looking for an estimated burn rates.

Large scale adoption of Agile into an organization is fraught with potential pitfalls and risk. Ross Pettit describes an approach in this article to scaling the adoption of Agile through “best practice” adoption and monitoring for success.

Many “Agilists” believe that IT Governance is anti-Agile to it’s very core. For those working in organizations that have to meet regulatory compliance and moving their IT organizations away from being thought of as a cost center, IT Governance has the potential for building better trust and alignment with business operations. This article attempts to describe the foundational elements of IT Governance and how they can be used in supporting Agile organizations.

Self-organization is sometimes misunderstood by those adopting it in the hopes of increasing their agility. This article describes the not so subtle differences between anarchy, self-organizing, and self-directed teams.

In this interview with Ron Jeffries, XP and Agile expert, Deborah Hartmann asks how “running tested features” (RTF) can be used to make good project decisions. Ron uses the white board to display his ideas and promote understand of how RTF can be used and how it may affect the way we develop software on a project.