Posts Tagged: retrospective
The survival of project management
When an organization starts a new project or program, they also have to define the project management approach and governance structure (or at least adapt the company standard). This includes different kinds of meetings, tools, reports, roles & responsibilities, etc.
The survival of project management
When an organization starts a new project or program, they also have to define the project management approach and governance structure (or at least adapt the company standard). This includes different kinds of meetings, tools, reports, roles & responsibilities, etc.
Boring retrospectives – part 13 : Helping Hands
Working together is one of the most important success factors in an agile team. Individual work will not be enough to deliver all the user stories before the sprint is finished. Daily standups help to foster this communication, but it
Boring retrospectives – part 13 : Helping Hands
Working together is one of the most important success factors in an agile team. Individual work will not be enough to deliver all the user stories before the sprint is finished. Daily standups help to foster this communication, but it
Boring retrospectives – part 12 : Story Oscars
In this edition of Boring Retrospectives (and how to prevent them), I will explain the Story Oscars exercise. It’s an exercises I found on Corinna Baldauf’s great website on retrospective exercises. The exercise can be used in the data
Boring retrospectives – part 12 : Story Oscars
In this edition of Boring Retrospectives (and how to prevent them), I will explain the Story Oscars exercise. It’s an exercises I found on Corinna Baldauf’s great website on retrospective exercises. The exercise can be used in the data
Boring retrospectives – part 11 : 3 warm up exercises
How do you start a retrospective? Can you just ask your team what’s going wrong and what ideas they’re having to improve the current process? Of course not, you ‘ll receive a blank stare and if lucky an ironic “Euh,
Boring retrospectives – part 11 : 3 warm up exercises
How do you start a retrospective? Can you just ask your team what’s going wrong and what ideas they’re having to improve the current process? Of course not, you ‘ll receive a blank stare and if lucky an ironic “Euh,
Book review – The Retrospective Handbook
Last year, Pat Kua published his book called The Retrospective Handbook. He released the book on leanpub, the popular self publishing platform on which I also published my e-book ‘Kanban for sceptics’. I have been following Pat online for some
Book review – The Retrospective Handbook
Last year, Pat Kua published his book called The Retrospective Handbook. He released the book on leanpub, the popular self publishing platform on which I also published my e-book ‘Kanban for sceptics’. I have been following Pat online for some
Boring retrospectives 10 – Walk the board
It’s hard to come up with new retrospective exercises as a facilitator. However, I believe keeping it fresh helps the team to boost their continuous improvement results. In my previous ‘boring retrospective’ posts I introduced a number of new retrospective
Boring retrospectives 10 – Walk the board
It’s hard to come up with new retrospective exercises as a facilitator. However, I believe keeping it fresh helps the team to boost their continuous improvement results. In my previous ‘boring retrospective’ posts I introduced a number of new retrospective
Boring retrospectives – part 9 : Vision Poker
In one of my previous blog posts, I introduced the concept of vision based retrospectives. By using a vision of the ideal state of your team/company/family/… it is easier to weigh improvement suggestions. Which one get us closer to the
Boring retrospectives – part 9 : Vision Poker
In one of my previous blog posts, I introduced the concept of vision based retrospectives. By using a vision of the ideal state of your team/company/family/… it is easier to weigh improvement suggestions. Which one get us closer to the
Vision based retrospectives – avoiding conflicting improvements
As most of you know, I’m quite fond of continuous improvement. I guess it’s the whole idea of admitting that you can’t predict the future. And therefore, if we wish to grow, we must learn and adjust instead of trying
Vision based retrospectives – avoiding conflicting improvements
As most of you know, I’m quite fond of continuous improvement. I guess it’s the whole idea of admitting that you can’t predict the future. And therefore, if we wish to grow, we must learn and adjust instead of trying
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