Gorilla Logic

OCTOBER 25, 2021

How are they beneficial for scrum teams? In this blog post, I am going to share some lessons I have learned after several years of working as a quality engineer in agile teams and then making a career jump to the Agile world. During planning sessions, our scrum teams write the sprint goal collaboratively.

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Xebia

MARCH 19, 2024

A Scrum Master struggling to survive under the tyranny of micromanagement? A Product Owner who feels like they’re being sucked dry by an overbearing Agile coach? Exercise increases your energy level, and meditation can help you ground yourself—whatever works for you! Turn your micromanagers into sweethearts again!

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Exadel

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Read other Exadel articles about Agile approach. The importance of having teams with diverse specialties and experience is growing, and Agile has emerged as a way to help bring those varied voices together. Agile has become the new industry standard and replaced classic directive management methods. Exercising judgment.

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Agile42

JUNE 4, 2018

I had heard about Scrum and I already had started using Kanban by myself in my previous position. Now my team consisted of the ideal number of team members for Scrum. As part of my small talks with my friends and my colleagues, I starting telling them about Scrum and asking if they knew it and if they used it.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Managers transitioning from waterfall to Agile will need to renegotiate their relationship with their teams if they are to succeed. A manager cannot simply become an Agile Manager – a big part of a transition requires a rethinking of how job titles are assigned and the leadership responsibility that comes with them. Scrum Team Titles.

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Accenture

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Once, over beers late into the evening in an old European pub not far from his office, an executive shared with me his personal Agile mindset transformation journey. It is an account that I have found representative of many when they begin to lead Business Agility transformation. But first, some background. Martin demanded.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Knowing that it will or might happen, he could have a short reset exercise ready to go that will cool tempers and improve relations so the Review can continue and the conflict can get resolved, rather than postponed. Consider attending one of our Certified ScrumMaster workshops , where we discuss the how and why of Scrum, not just the what.

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Accenture

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Recently I was conducting a Design Thinking and Agile Learning workshop with a group of seasoned consultants. It came to the first collaborative exercise with which each team table was to engage. What Makes Up the Agile Mindset? For Agile I refer to the Five Scrum Values. “My Facilitation Problem”.

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MagmaLabs

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In Agile methodologies, such as Scrum (which we use here at Magmalabs) retrospectives are carried out at the end of each sprint. It is an exercise of participation, active listening, and consensual decision-making that gives us a sense of integration and understanding of the process, benefiting both the project and its members.

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Luis Goncalves

JANUARY 15, 2018

Express Yourself is a simple Check-In agile retrospective exercise that aims at visualizing the team´s ideas and helping to gather data early in the team retrospective session. The Scrum Master should be mindful to keep the scope of the conversation on the team’s sentiment, not finding solutions.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

OCTOBER 26, 2021

– The rounds of open discussion are off-putting for quieter team members, especially in a team new to Scrum. Our free eBook The Guide to Effective Agile Retrospectives has a good start, and the Retromat has more (>100 activities). 1] Original source – Agile Retrospectives Book – Diana Larsen and Esther Derby.

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Agile42

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

How often do our SCRUM teams encounter challenges like these and yet they struggle to respond or move forward? As stated in the Agile Manifesto values, priorities should be placed on responding to change over following a plan and on individuals and interactions over processes and tools. WOW, unplanned and unscripted.

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Accenture

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Recently I was conducting a Design Thinking and Agile Learning workshop with a group of seasoned consultants. It came to the first collaborative exercise with which each team table was to engage. What Makes Up the Agile Mindset? For Agile I refer to the Five Scrum Values. “My Facilitation Problem”.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

JUNE 22, 2022

Too often the answer is, “ To be Agile ”. The problem, of course, is Agility is not the goal, it’s the outcome of improving the system. The exercise starts off with the facilitator asking the attendees to imagine a moment several years into the future, when their world of work is much better now. Facilitation Notes.

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Accenture

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In Part One of this series, I wrote about how Agile represents not merely practices like Scrum and Kanban but is rather built on a foundational set of values. Now, in Part Three, we look at how behaviors support and reinforce Agile principles and values. Why is Microsoft even a member of this Agile Learning Consortium?

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Net Objectives

JULY 11, 2018

While it's useful to bring in someone who can actually help with the work, such as a technical or ATDD coach, when it comes to Scrum or Agile coaches it's usually better to grow your own.There are several reasons for this: . If you are kicking off new teams there are two types of coaches you can bring in.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

MAY 10, 2022

Retrospectives are a critical element in Scrum but they won’t work well if your team hates them. In a situation like that, you’d be far better off to pick an exercise that is likely to promote a Systems Thinking mindset, so that the wider context becomes visible before you try to deal with trust issues. Remain Neutral. 1] [link]. [1]

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Agile42

AUGUST 21, 2018

The Certified Agile Leadership program returns to Johannesburg for the first time in 2018 with a public class on September 3-5 that can be booked online. Those who embrace Agile values paint a pretty clear picture of an Agile Leader. And moreover, they are someone living by the Agile Principles.

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Atomic Spin

MAY 16, 2019

But I often see tweets or posts about how people don’t “get” capital-A Agile. I’ve thought a lot about this problem, and I’ve tried to assemble a bit of a theory of Agile that would provide a framework for improvement. The Real Problem Agile isn’t about “doing practice X.” Tweets like this and this point out common faults.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In Scrum, Product Backlog Refinement is an essential meeting of the Product Owner and the Development Team to gain clarity and a shared understanding of what needs to be done through discussion and sharing of ideas. As a result, the Team repeats the whole exercise for the Story to “Use a gift card.”.

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Apiumhub

DECEMBER 4, 2023

There are no katas or practical exercises, the focus of the workshop is on benefits, trade-offs, and critical concepts. Christian is a former practitioner of Agile methodologies, particularly eXtreme programming, with experience in practices like TDD, continuous integration, building pipelines, and evolutionary design.

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Evolution4all

APRIL 30, 2019

Now it can be a community of Product Owners looking for a new approach to work with their Scrum Teams or a network of Developers sharing their new scripts to automate their work. And this is where leadership skills are exercised in this type of community. In ancient times, members of a tribe had to learn to survive.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

This is the general outline of a presentation that Mark gave at the Agile Tour Montréal 2020. If you would like to discuss having Mark do a presentation for your organization, or at your next Scrum or Agile event, contact us and let us know. Part of it was just learning over time how to get out of each other’s way.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In Scrum, Product Backlog Refinement is an essential meeting of the Product Owner and the Development Team to gain clarity and a shared understanding of what needs to be done through discussion and sharing of ideas. As a result, the Team repeats the whole exercise for the Story to “Use a gift card.”

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UruIT

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Insights from Latin America’s main Agile Conference. On October 2018 I went to my first Latin American Conference on Agile Methodologies, Ágiles 2018. If you work for a software company, no matter if it’s Agile or not, you should convince your boss to let you attend. For example, meditating or exercising.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

JUNE 22, 2018

Agile Pain Relief Advanced Certified ScrumMaster ? Training — Learn effective techniques to handle the complex challenges faced by Scrum teams and organizations. Instead of blindly following a list of the mechanics of Scrum, we focus on the Scrum mindset: why we use Scrum and. how to apply it effectively.

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Atomic Spin

MAY 16, 2019

But I often see tweets or posts about how people don’t “get” capital-A Agile. I’ve thought a lot about this problem, and I’ve tried to assemble a bit of a theory of Agile that would provide a framework for improvement. Agile isn’t about “doing practice X.” Weekly – Things like your Scrum meetings. The Real Problem.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In Scrum, most people instantly think of velocity as the key metric – how much work a team does in a Sprint, usually in the form of number of story points completed. so they still have a place in Scrum. In The Guide to Effective Agile Retrospectives eBook, we mention many sources of data that you could collect for the team.

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UruIT

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Insights from Latin America’s main Agile Conference. On October 2018 I went to my first Latin American Conference on Agile Methodologies, Ágiles 2018. If you work for a software company, no matter if it’s Agile or not, you should convince your boss to let you attend. For example, meditating or exercising.

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Net Objectives

JULY 20, 2018

It has in some ways - simulations, games, group exercises, etc. Especially in the area of growing Scrum Masters or Agile Team Coaches. This content is missing from most Agile trainings in my mind. If you have hundreds of Scrum Masters or other Agile coaches & need an effective way to grow them, please contact me.

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scruminc

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Now, most everybody in Agile knows about this idea of a Product Vision. Scrum does improve productivity but there is still only so much that can be done at any given time. Implementing Scrum did help them make their way past #118, but nowhere near the 900-plus they originally identified. . Now let’s backtrack a little bit.

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Evolution4all

MAY 2, 2019

They exercise their own subscription and should never be forced to join. We provide Team Coaching , Agile Training , and Agile Consulting , OKR Training , OKR Consulting , Innovation Training and Innovation Consulting. They are the actual people who use these tools and has specific qualities and components.

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Ron Jeffries

APRIL 19, 2018

I watch The Expanse to force myself to exercise. Today this quote hit me pretty hard.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Have you ever had friends or family ask, “I know you’re called a scrum master, but what does that mean? Tell them that the role of ScrumMaster is as a servant-leader, coach, and facilitator, navigating the dynamics of the team to ensure Scrum practices are followed and value is delivered effectively. What do you actually do ?”

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Evolution4all

APRIL 25, 2019

Apart from the reporting relationship, a typical company follows a top-down approach in all other matters, from exercising control and authority to communicating. We provide Team Coaching , Agile Training , and Agile Consulting , OKR Training , OKR Consulting , Innovation Training and Innovation Consulting.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 11, 2011

When Jim Highsmith graciously invited me to give the opening keynote at the inaugural Agile Executive Forum in Salt Lake City this week, I had to really sit down and think about what I’ve been working on the last few years, namely social business , as compared the conference theme, agility and business.

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Openxcell

MARCH 1, 2023

There are many approaches/frameworks in the market that are deemed most feasible to develop a software product but Agile is the most prevalent and preferred one in the market right now. This exercise helps in resolving and clarifying the customer’s anticipations and requirements for the project development team.

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