Too Much Collaboration?
“Too much fun? What’s that mean? It’s like too much money, there’s no such thing” Trace Adkins “I Ain’t Never Had Too Much Fun” On an agile project, is there possibly such a thing as too much...
View ArticleFive Things Teams Should Remember
The Scrum Master from a team I was coaching recently asked me to provide a list of 5 things, that above else the team should remember when going forward and when a coach was no longer present. I...
View ArticleWhat Size is Your Hat – Wearing the Organizational Big Hat
As an analyst, do you help your team put on the big hat?
View ArticleThe Roundabout BA
BA's may not be bridges, they may be more like roundabouts helping information flow in more than just two directions without any stop signs or stop lights.
View ArticleTreat Email Like a Standup
Don't get pulled into lengthy email conversations. Treat them like conversations that come up in standup meetings.
View ArticleDo we really have to create new labels?
We have a tendency to create new labels for concepts that are similar to, but slightly different than existing concepts. Some of these labels include Scrum, Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Feature...
View ArticleBody Language and Presidential Debates
Body language is a big part of communication, but should it play a big part in making critical decisions, like who the next President of the United States should be?
View ArticleThe Power of Feedback
Feedback is an important ingredient to successful projects. One reason teams use iterative approaches, either time boxed sprints or single piece flow, is that they have the opportunity to get frequent...
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