In my previous post “the Inner team factor to reach greatness“, I have shared some thoughts about the outcome of a retrospective with one of my teams, who listed the “key elements which have allowed them reach a high level of maturity, ownership, calmness and responsibility“. Like I said back then, I was and I’m still surprised about the attitude and the quality of the majority of the…
A couple of weeks ago, I facilitated a sprint retrospective with a mature Agile Scrum team, composed by three experienced developers and a its Product Owner. Like we used to doing at the end of every single two week sprint, we met for an hour or more to inspect the sprint and adapt in consequence. But what…
In the previous article of the #Tips4Leaders series, I’ve presented you with the 3 top things to consider when facilitating. In today’s issue, I’m going to walk you through the steps I follow to keep me focused and get the best out the limited amount of time that I’ve in a day. That’s right, we are talking about time management here.…
In today’s world, being a leader is much harder than ever. One of the skills that in my opinion a good leader should master is to be a good facilitator. As leaders we spend a lot of time in meetings, but it’s rare to see people using facilitation to keep even the most challenging group…
Forming Agile Teams (6) Levels of Planning + Experiment Inspired from Russell Pannone’s presentation called “5 levels of agile planning explained simply” and the experiments that I’ve done in the field with several agile teams about agile planning. I’ve combined it all to show you what I’ve called the six (6) levels of agile planning…
Techniques for improving the daily sync What is the daily sync about? The Daily sync is considered as the “event for the development team to synchronize activities and create a plan for the next 24 hours” within the Scrum guide provided by Scrum.org. For Martin Fowler the “Daily stand-up meetings have become a ritual of many agile…