Posts Tagged: Scrum
What is the role of the PMO in an Agile organization?
Suddenly it’s 2015! If you’ve been in hibernation for the past few years, you will notice that suddenly everybody is doing Agile in corporate IT (Yes, I deliberately said doing and IT). Where we used to battle to get the
What is the role of the PMO in an Agile organization?
Suddenly it’s 2015! If you’ve been in hibernation for the past few years, you will notice that suddenly everybody is doing Agile in corporate IT (Yes, I deliberately said doing and IT). Where we used to battle to get the
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
Non-profit Agile conference in Brussels
After a great 1st edition last year, Agile Tour Brussels 2013 will take place on September, 27 in Belgium. Registration is open and the Program is available on the website http://www.atbru.be. At Agile Tour Brussels, there will be both local and
Non-profit Agile conference in Brussels
After a great 1st edition last year, Agile Tour Brussels 2013 will take place on September, 27 in Belgium. Registration is open and the Program is available on the website http://www.atbru.be. At Agile Tour Brussels, there will be both local and
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
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