Category: Teams
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Talk: How to use Sprint Retrospective to create a continuous improvement culture
The talk covered the following points. Why Sprint Retrospective is key to continuous improvement in your Team and organization? What different Retrospective models you can use? How to Facilitate a Sprint Retrospective meeting For demonstration, We will select one model and do Retrospective for the session. Replay Pakistan Agile Scrum…
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Plane Refutro Retrospective Model
Are you using any metaphor in your Retrospective meetings? Using Metaphors in our conversations can help us to understand an object, conversation or action from a different perspective. They can also serve as a powerful tool leading us to think in new or a different way. This post describes a…
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Tree Retrospective Model
In the Agile world, ScrumMaster and Agile Coaches are often referred to as a gardener that helps a seed grow to provide shade and/or a fruitful tree. You need to prepare the ground, remove weed and give enough nutrition for good growth. At workplace, this resembles creating a safe environment…
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Balancing “Being Agile and achieving organizational goals”
Reading time (8-10 mins) In this post, I have shared my thoughts about getting value from different frameworks while keeping the focus on achieving organizational goals. Question: What is more important for you and your organization? a) Being Agile (Leadership Agility, Organisational Agility) b) Achieve Organizational goals (More sales, Happy…
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To estimate, or to not estimate? – How to build a shared understanding of product using estimations
When working in an agile team, what’s the first thought that comes to mind when you hear “Team Velocity“, or “Sprint Burndown“? and yes, both are related to Estimation. I’ve experienced that some agile teams found estimation useful while others considered it less beneficial to the team and process. However,…
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A facilitation guide – Team Building for Distributed Agile Teams, It is the Psychological, not the Physical distance
A facilitation guide for Team Building for Distributed Agile Teams (DAT). It might be helpful for someone working with remote teams and want to break the ice among teams. My philosophy is that to build innovative software products, a company need to focus and allocate time for building Team(s) as well.…
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It is the Psychological, not the Physical distance – working with Distributed Agile Teams
Have you worked with Distributed (Agile) Teams, what was your experience, what did you like most about it and what were the challenges? For me, I have worked with remote teams earlier as well, however, recently I have started working extensively with Distributed Agile Teams and the experience has been so…
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