Category: Agile
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Space for the joy of work
I was reminded today how much that matters. In the retrospective the things people care about, things they’d really like to do, but cannot because all the other work is ‘scheduled’ is what gets more and more voices join to join in, ideas being thrown in by even the quietest of team members. I tried…
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Making connections
When most of us think of this subject we probably imagine bringing people together, us sitting somewhere central, helping to facilitate discussion…but what happens after that initial moment? Everyone goes back to their desks, starts working on their current item, responds to emails, etc. What I am learning today is that there’s not enough value…
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Asking for permission
Recently we attended one more of the change advisory (also known as approval) board meetings. We were kindly asked to provide more detail … and that’s the boring part of the story. The interesting part is the difference in the weight of arguments from the friends we brought into the discussion. Again, we were surprised…
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Always protect the team
As a scrum master there is nothing more important than drowning out the noise and the needs of “now”. Stick to your sprint goals, do the right things. Protect your team. Period.
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Let’s get hurt
I was recently told by someone reviewing my proposed approach to “crawl, walk, run”. I told them I’m only interested in flying 🙂 That would have been all fine if it didn’t occur to me today that sometimes you need to crawl first. What’s the rule then? Is there a rule? Who makes the rules?…