Julien
Agile Coach & Scrum Master
Passionate about agility and collaborative estimation methods, Julien helps Scrum teams adopt Planning Poker and continuously improve their estimation practices. With several years of experience as a Scrum Master and Agile Coach, he shares his lessons learned, practical advice, and a watchful eye on how the Product Owner role is evolving in the age of artificial intelligence.
- Certified Agile Coach
- Experienced Scrum Master
- Specialist in agile estimation techniques
- Planning Poker & Sprint Planning trainer
Articles by Julien
Everything you need to know to run a Planning Poker session: rules, roles, card values, step-by-step process, and tips for remote teams.
Sprint planning is where the team decides what to build next. Here is how to run it well, from backlog preparation to capacity planning.
Planning Poker, T-Shirt Sizing, affinity mapping, or no estimates at all? A practical comparison of every estimation method used in sprint planning.
If AI takes on a growing share of the Product Owner's operational tasks, what's left of the role?
How to concretely integrate AI into day-to-day backlog management workflows, from refinement to Sprint Review?
The Product Owner is the keeper of the product vision and the master of the backlog. What if AI became their most valuable ally?
Your team is scattered across the globe? Don't worry — Planning Poker works very well remotely.
The eternal debate of agile teams. Spoiler: they are not the same thing, and confusing them is expensive.
Two popular approaches, two different philosophies. Which one fits your team?
The mysterious unit of measurement in agile. Not an hour, not a day, not a kilogram… and yet everyone talks about it.
0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13… The sequence that conquered both mathematics and sprint retrospectives.
XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL… Not for your wardrobe, but for your agile tickets.
Estimation is hard. Estimating well is an art. And missing your estimates as a team is called a failed sprint.
The product's conductor. Neither developer nor manager, but a bit of both at the same time.
An estimation session disguised as a card game. Spoiler: it's far more effective than a spreadsheet.