Assessment – How agile is your testing?
We often see agile teams that have adopted the ceremonies and language of Scrum, but in reality they do waterfall in 2 week increments. One… Read More »Assessment – How agile is your testing?
We often see agile teams that have adopted the ceremonies and language of Scrum, but in reality they do waterfall in 2 week increments. One… Read More »Assessment – How agile is your testing?
We hold a retrospective each month, to see how we are doing. We started with the standard retrospective template, but over time we’ve added some… Read More »Monthly Retrospective Plan
One of the sessions I attended at Agile 2014 by Tricia Broderick was on how managers can help team members resolve conflict themselves. She had… Read More »Helping others deal with conflict
We all attend conferences for the great learning opportunity, and I’m sure many of us are filled with ideas that over time become distant memories… Read More »Top tips to benefit from conferences
How often do you get to the end of the week or month at work and wonder what you have achieved? Day to day reactive work can easily eat away all your time. The best way to counter-act this is to have a plan and make it visible. That way you can constantly be reminded of what you should be focusing on. This simple one page template is quick and easy to fill out, and will help keep you on track during the month. You can use this template for yourself or for your team. In fact you could use the template for a retrospective action.
Most great leaders are calm and take things in their stride. Rarely are they seen running around like headless chickens. Yet, most managers seem to… Read More »Being Proactive vs Reactive
Here is a technique to handle what to do when an important member of your team is away for a long time. Generally you know… Read More »Planning Forward – What to do when a team member is away
This is a simple technique to help you focus and get more done. The idea is to work in short intervals of 25 minutes focused… Read More »Pomodoro Technique
We tried this creative exercise and were impressed with the results. It’s from the book ?What If!: How to start a creative revolution at work.… Read More »Revolution Exercise
We learned about Customer Journey Maps on the Product Management course with Flow Interactive. They are a great way of considering how your customers interact… Read More »Customer Journey Mapping