Wrangling Your Spikes and Research Stories

We know we're supposed to be dividing our work into small, deliverable chunks and reflecting that on our boards. But what should we do with the occasional tasks that don't exactly have a tangible deliverable at the end of them (e.g. research, proof of concept)?  In this episode, we're helping you build a policy for when spikes and research stories come along so you can stop trying to retrofit abstract tasks into user stories and keep your board flowing with deliverable value.

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There is a lot of material on how a team should operate in an agile manner. There is also a lot of material for leadership as to the benefits of agility, the mindset, etc. But there is not a lot of material directed towards those folks who sit in between. Agile Bites breaks down key Lean and Agile concepts and practices for the people who are often tasked with supporting these things. People who may have to be redefining their roles in a world of incremental delivery. Or maybe they’ve been put in the middle of an “agile transformation” and things are not going as well as promised.