Guest Blogging at ScrumExpert & Methods and Tools Franco Martinig editor and responsible of the digital Magazines Methods & Tools and ScrumExpert invited me last year, to share my experiences about Agility, specially with Scrum projects with his audience. Here are the articles that I’ve written there: Techniques for Improving Sprint Retrospectives – Part 1 Techniques for Improving Sprint…
Keep acting Keep trying I’ve started 2017 in a new company, a new professional challenge in a particular context, rarely similar to what I used to be in, back then in 2007 when I was working and living in Caracas, Venezuela. A volatile and uncertain context I decided to join this company, believed or not unconsciously attracted by…
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…
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…
A team member’s production went from superstar to detrimental within a few short weeks. What happened for this drastic change? Were there signs? Was it something outside the team? Even though a lot of the obvious things were done, it came down to simply acknowledging one of the elements from SCARF: A brain-based model for collaborating…
We have a word to say when it refers to communication with, within and without the Agile Team. In my opinion, one of the most important responsibilities of our role as Agile Coaches/Scrum Masters is to assist Agile Teams to perform at the top of their capabilities; by encouraging fluid collaboration and powerful interactions which…
My friend Tom Agile likes playing the super hero role, so once in it; he believes that he has been empowered to protect the team against interruptions, disruptions or impediments that could block their path to success. Tom is courageous, he enjoys being the middle man, the mediator, the bond builder, but when wearing the…
Context During the Agile Team Development Canvas 2nd. iteration experiment, I worked with a small Scrum team composed by two (2) developers and its Product Owner. This team does support(operational stuff) and develop new features at the same time, and it’s considered a service team, which means that its mission is to help other teams…
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…