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Julia Wester is a co-founder of 55 Degrees, an outcome-focused consulting and product company, and leads the consulting practice. When working with customers, she leverages 18 years of experience working in and managing high-performing teams at companies such as Turner Broadcasting, F5 Networks, and LeanKit. Julia is passionate about teaching others how to get more done with less stress by embracing transparency, continuous improvement, and a lagom mindset. Julia loves combining Kanban and Scrum to help teams reach their goals and is excited to join Scrum.org as a PST.
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Julia Wester
In business, the quest for predictability is universal. We all want to grab hold of the reality we face everyday and, somehow, bend it to our will.
Sep 15, 2020
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Many scrum teams use a metric called velocity as their primary metric. Velocity is commonly defined as the number of story points you finish over time, usually measured by sprints. Measured from sprint to sprint, it becomes a sort of gauge of success. If it stays the same or goes up, that’s great. If it goes down repeatedly, there’s a problem that needs to be investigated.
May 29, 2020
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One of the things leaders often say they want most is predictability. Predictability is defined as the consistent repetition of a state, course of action, behavior, or the like, making it possible to know in advance what to expect.
Feb 6, 2020
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The most important question to stakeholders is often “When can it be done?” There is a lot that goes into answering that seemingly simple question. What is involved in the work?
Jan 15, 2020
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