The Value of Planning Together
If you’ve taken part in any of our Scrum classes, then you know we highly value the power of face-to-face communication. The emergent power of…
Category: Leadership
Viktor Frankl’s Meaning Triangle for Organizations
Viktor Frankl was an incredible human being, having survived the Holocaust and establishing logotherapy, a type of psychotherapy. His book, Man’s Search for Meaning, details…
3 Requirements for Creating a Culture of Leadership & Innovation
Innovation begins with the heart… a heart of leadership The Hay Group, a global management consulting firm, released their findings that identify which organizations have the…
Agile Practitioners Aren’t Supposed to Use Flamethrowers – Are They?
Have you ever been in a flamethrower war? I sincerely hope you have never been in one like the picture, but if you have been…
Agile pondering: Why use an agile approach?
The theme of the blog this month is “Getting a Fresh Start.” In order to get a fresh start it is important to know WHY…
Agile antipattern: Doing Agile!
I spent the past week in Orlando, Florida at the Agile Development Practices conference and I heard a number of people say “We do agile…
Free Event! Agile Adoption: The Real Story
On October 20, the Agile Cooperative will be hosting a free one-day seminar designed to give attendees a lot of information about what is really…
New to agile? What does the ScrumMaster do anyway?
I often have people ask me what a ScrumMaster does. Interestingly, today it came up on a mailing list I read on a regular basis. …
Agile antipattern: Working overtime
Ever feel like the guy over there to the left? Yeah, me too. Sorry to offend some people with my language, but working overtime really…
New to agile? What to do when you are behind
Wow, has it really been more than a month since I posted something on my blog? Ouch! I guess I’ve been busier than I thought. …
Agile antipattern: Insanity! (5 insanity antipatterns)
It is sometimes said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. This definition has…
Agile antipattern: Treating symptoms not causes
Agile teams often get to a point where they have a number of problems which must be addressed. During retrospectives these items keep coming up…
New to Agile? Use a Rules of Engagement document.
How do we work together? Seems like a simple question, right? How wrong you could be! For an agile team, working together is vitally important,…
Agile antipattern: Hiding unfortunate truths
“Unfortunate truths” are things which are true – unfortunately! I’ve heard the phrase used by defense lawyers and I have to admit it is pretty…
Agile Ponderings: Certification – useful or not?
I’ve had to do a lot of thinking about certification recently. Why? Because I needed to decide if I should apply to become a Certified…
New to agile? Get focused with a vision
Bear with me on this blog entry. It takes a bit of setup until I get to the main point. Lately I’ve been doing a…
Agile Pondering: Who leads an agile team?
On Saturday, April 11, I ran a PMI Mile Hi workshop I called “Agile Leadership is Overrated – Isn’t It?” The workshop was built on…