Teams, Coaching & Facilitation
Reboot Your Scrum Retrospective
For better changes, start with a deep inspection of your existing habits.
The Inability to Use Sprint Goals Is Symptomatic of Serious Product Management Problems
A while back I asked members of our Serious Scrum community what they disliked about Scrum. Don’t worry, nobody tried to burn me at the stake for asking this question. TLDR: If you can’t use Sprint Goals this should be the least of your concerns
Agile Project Manager, Scrum Master, or Product Owner?
I spoke with a project manager recently. She told me her story. I used to facilitate project teams as a project manager. Why a project manager? Because the project had a beginning and an end. We had (and still have) too many products to keep the same teams on them for a long time.
‘Sweaty Palm Conversations’ Are Essential for Teamwork
When people think about safety at work, we tend to think about physical safety – things like masks and safety harnesses. But you also need psychological safety if you want to create a high-performing team. High performance depends on teammates being able to share opinion, admit mistakes and even being able tell the boss that she’s made a mistake.
Industry News & Analysis
9 Benefits of Agile
Agile looks different everywhere. Here’s how to tell if your version is helping. Agile started as a fluid set of practices, and, in many ways, it remains so. That means different organizations interpret it differently, and some interpretations are more helpful than others.
Tips & Tricks
‘Agile Metrics’ Are the Key to Your Team’s Continuous Improvement
By measuring your organization's agile metrics, your teams can set clear expectations, which will enable you to produce more work with fewer defects. To create a truly great product, a team must repeat what works well and improve what doesn’t — and that same thought process should be used by other teams within the organization.
Business Agility
Develop Agility That Outlasts the Pandemic
We have studied and consulted with many companies on the principles and practices of agile management, and we have repeatedly seen how quickly a company can innovate when it sheds the constraints of bureaucracy and adopts agile methods.
Agile at Scale
Rethinking Agile: A Structured Approach To Risk Management
Agile boasts a collaborative structure, which naturally leads to greater transparency and communication for tech teams. By design, it has a short feedback loop compared to other methodologies. When teams regroup on a frequent (even daily) basis, they are better equipped to react to scope and schedule changes and adjust as necessary.