Course index
Shipping real work solo, in increments small enough that a wrong turn costs days rather than months. Flow first; Scrum framed later as one packaging of the same ideas.
How small can the next working thing be? Cutting a feature so every piece runs — the one skill that still pays at a team of one.
vertical vs horizontal · increment · INVEST · nine splitting patterns · throwaway testWhy starting three slices is slower than finishing one. WIP limits, work item age, and a board that tells the truth.
WIP · cycle time · throughput · work item age · Definition of WorkflowFixed time, variable scope. Deciding what a result is worth before designing it, and forecasting from your own cycle-time data.
appetite · SLE · fixed time/variable scope · forecastingThe splitting patterns in the order to try them, plus the four tests for whether a cut was any good.
Reference · livingEvery term pinned to its primary source, not the industry folk meaning. Grows with each lesson.
| File | What it holds |
|---|---|
| MISSION.md | Why you're learning this. Grounds every teaching decision. |
| RESOURCES.md | Trusted sources — Scrum Guide, Kanban Guide, Shape Up, communities. |
| NOTES.md | Your preferences and the teaching notes behind them. |
| learning-records/ | What's been established — drives what gets taught next. |