Agile principle # 12 | Continuous improvement
This is the final article on the series I started so that we could celebrate the agile manifesto by re-investigating its twelve principles. And today it’s all about agile principle …
3 courageous questions to ask that boost effectiveness
I selected these 3 courageous questions for you to ask because they will boost the effectiveness of whoever you coach, be them teams or individuals. Why should you care? I’m …
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Are you that agile coach who just asks frustrating questions?
Have you been frustrated asking an agile coach a question just to feel that they ask you back questions that are unhelpful and do not get you unstuck? Literally you …
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5 personal Values extraordinary agile coaches uphold
Exceptional agile coaches differentiate themselves by upholding high standards and personal values. Here’s 5 of them for you to use.
Stop “adding more resources” to your project or teams. It’s hurting their performance.
It is an ingrained misconception to think you can just add more people to projects as if they were resources. In this blog post
Agile principle # 11 | emergence and self-organization
The agile principle 11 challenges the assumptions that:
Specialization breeds better work.
Someone must control and someone must execute.
Once it’s done, it’s over, never to be touched again.
Forget about fail fast. Consider this instead.
With agile being so popular you most certainly heard this idea a little bit everywhere, the “fail fast, fail often” approach. I’d say forget about fail fast and consider something …
What is technical debt and do you have to pay it back?
In this post I invite you to consider the more the technical side of things in your product, even if you don’t fully “get” technology. I’ll take you to the …
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Agile Principle #10 | Simplicity
The agile principle #10 talks about simplicity. One of my favorites, quasi-philosophical, really hard to live by. While this applies to coaching on any agile principle, the agile principle #10 …
Most Scrum Master jobs are a lie. Watch out for these 3 scenarios!
This is not a bleak post nor a cautionary tale. Most Scrum Master jobs are a lie. Many times unintentionally. But still. This is about you being happy and part …
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