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Movie Retrospective
When I'm teaching about retrospectives, there has always been a challenge: a simulated retrospective wants a shared experience. But what shared experience to use? The one experience I know we share is the session we're in, but using a retrospective … Continue reading
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Coach Interview: Declan Whelan
Interview with coach Declan Whelan. Continue reading
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Review – The Principles of Product Development Flow (Reinertsen)
The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development, by Donald Reinertsen. Celeritas Publishing, 2009. Lean product development can be looked at as flow-based product development. Reinertsen draws on a variety of areas (economics, queue theory, control theory, … Continue reading
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Embracing Commitment
Commitment is a powerful tool. Continue reading
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Coach Interview: Alexey Krivitsky
Interview with coach Alexey Krivitsky. Continue reading
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100 Impediments
One of the most important things a ScrumMaster does is recognize and remove impediments. Continue reading
Coach Interview: Lisamarie Babik
Interview with coach Lisamarie Babik. Continue reading
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Review – Teamwork is an Individual Skill
Teamwork is an Individual Skill, Chris Avery. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2001.Chris spoke at the Agile a couple years ago, and I really enjoyed his talk. He explores many themes: teamwork, feedback, commitment, collaboration, trust. His perspective is that individual skills make … Continue reading
Using Actuals with Estimates
A way to track estimates. Continue reading
Review – Free Play
Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art, Stephen Nachmanovich. Tarcher/Putnam, 1990.When everything happens in “real time”, we have improvisation, whether it’s music or drama (or software!). Nachmanovitch explores the interplay of freedom and rules, of work and play, of practice … Continue reading