Retrospectives Pre-Requirements
Hi guys, this blog is part of our book: “Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives”, a book written by me and Ben Linders with the foreword from Esther Derby. The book can be downloaded by free in...
View ArticleAnti Pattern – Change Scrum Master often
Changing the Scrum Master role within the team is something that I hear time to time. Fortunately not that often. The defenders of this theory claim this is beneficial for the team and for the...
View ArticleScrum Master as a Servant Leader
Servant Leader In the SCRUM world, a Scrum Master is often known as a Servant Leader, but I believe that very few people actually know what a Servant Leader really is. Based on this assumption, I am...
View ArticleHow to have an efficient Stand Up Meeting
Stand Up Meeting During the last years of my life every time I join a company I hear developers saying that Stand Up Meetings are boring and they are a waste of time. For me its always fun to hear...
View ArticleProduct Owner Anti Patterns
Product Owner Smells During whole my professional life, people spent hours telling me the importance of good design patterns. I believe all of us bought books about design partners, cookbook recipes or...
View ArticleGetting Value out of Agile Retrospectives: High Performance Tree
Hi guys, in this post I will explain how can you use “High Performance Tree” created by Lyssa Adkins. This exercise is deeply explained in the book: “Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for Scrum...
View ArticleGetting Value out of Agile Retrospectives: “SailBoat Exercise”
Hi guys, in this post I will explain how can you use SailBoat exercise as a tool for a retrospective. I learned this exercise few years ago when I worked together with Vasco Duarte. Few weeks ago I saw...
View ArticleTeamwork – Becoming a high performing team
Teamwork Hi guys, some time ago I discussed how important it is for a company to have a vision, here you can find more about it. In this post I would like to discuss about the same topic but on a team...
View ArticleGetting Value out of Agile Retrospectives:”Happiness Index”
In this post, I will explain the exercise “Happiness Index”. This exercise can be found in the book: “Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives”, a book written by me and Ben Linders with the foreword...
View ArticleAgile Retrospectives: The Two-Way Street
“Let him who would move the world first move himself.” – Socrates We all know why we have retrospectives, right? Ultimately they’re a mechanism with which a team can reveal and discuss dysfunction...
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