I have had the chance to experience how it feels to be part of a high performance team, and I can tell you, it feels great. One of the Agile teams that I’m working with, has made me feel those sensations again recently, so I have decided to retrospect about it and find out those…
Context The team is in the middle of the sprint and suddenly the Product Owner (PO) arrives from its weekly meeting with a stakeholder. He looks confused. Questions have arisen and in his mind the brand new idea/feature/improvement that could potentially bring more money/a new product line/service to the company is turning him crazy. Nobody…
In Japanese martial arts there is a concept which describes the stages of learning to mastery named Shuhari: Shu (守?) “Novice or beginner; narrowly following give practices” – traditional wisdom -learning fundamentals, techniques, proverbs. ha (破?) “detach, digress, following, but extending, perfecting, occasionally breaking the rules” — breaking with tradition — detachment from the illusions of self. ri (離?) “leave, separate, perfecting to creating your own practices” — transcendence — there…
Last year, I was hired by Seedbox Technologies to be the Scrum Master of a new agile-scrum team. This team was starting working in the agile world just when I started working with them. Here is a very brief summary of the context that I found at that time: 1.The team had been working together for a…
I’ve been working with a Scrum team at Seedbox Technologies since May 2013 as their Scrum Master. Since then, the team has followed the company standards regarding the sprint duration, which is two weeks. That means that the team has done at least 16 sprints so far, which in our case has implied the same amount…
I’ve finished an online course named “Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence” that I totally recommend if you want to improve your leadership skills and inspire people by developing your resonant leadership. One of its modules, refers to the Ideal Self, which comes from an image of your desired future, your core identity and hope. Right…
I wanted to start this year with a powerful and exciting subject, something a little bit complex but achievable which is the Team Improvement Plan. How many of you guys have been working with a team and suddenly a rare feeling about the team is not going any where, embrace your mind and body? How…
It is amazing how people relationships are builded around the world, and I’m saying it because I could confirm it once again, during an extraordinary experience that I had the chance to live within a non agenda for free event last Saturday. At the beginning of the journey, just a few people knew each other,…
Let’s faced it, everybody love when you say: “Don’t worry, let’s the team manage it, remember that they are self organized”, but it is always like it? Are you (Scrum Master/Agile Master/Coach) able to let them go by themselves ? What about the Product Owner, do he/she trust the team enough to let them come…