How to Build an Agile Team in 6 Steps
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Why Design Thinking + Scrum Makes a lot of Sense
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Watch on YouTube Learn How To Do Design Thinking + Scrum Transcript In doing so, first, I’d like to take us back to remind ourselves why we do agile. Okay, so that was level 1 explanation, why agile. Now on … Read More
デザイン思考へようこそ
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日本一わかりやすい、デザイン思考の説明ビデオを作ってみました。 スライドダウンロード PDF Transcript
Scrum RACI
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My coachees affectionately call it the avocado. I use this to describe the required boundary conditions and effective organizational support for developing high performing Scrum teams. > Responsible: Scrum Development Team > Accountable: Product Owner and Scrum Master — boundary … Read More
The Three Competencies of Mastering Complex Product Development
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It’s mastery, so don’t expect it to be easy. As both a serial entrepreneur and agile coach to teams of all sizes, I have come to understand that mastering complex product development converges into three competencies. (1) Content competency: the … Read More
The Two Simple Traits of Performing Teams
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What do you do? The dreaded elevator pitch question. I fumble on it every time. Some days I will say that I activate people. One conversation at a time, I activate leaders, teams, organizations. Other days I say I specialize … Read More
Agile 101
posted in: Essential Reads, The Lean & Agile Practitioner
What is agile? Why agile? How do we do agile? What’s the difference between Agile, Scrum, Lean, Design Thinking? Tell me about Scrum. Is agile a fad? What’s the difference between Agile and agility? All answered, in a 33 minute … Read More
What do we do when we have missing expertise in the Scrum Team?
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On the recurring, practical question of what to do when there are missing skills and expertise in the cross-functional Scrum Team: Yes, it’s true that the Scrum Guide says “Cross-functional teams have all competencies needed to accomplish the work without … Read More
Waterfall Agile: Addressing the Irony of Delivering Agile Transformation with Waterfall
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The Irony of Delivering Agile Transformation with Waterfall Agile and digital transformation projects are abundant today. The irony is that too frequently, they are planned and delivered in essentially waterfall project management style. Waterfall is a linear, plan-all-the-way, phased execution … Read More
Relentless Pursuit of Product Market Fit is Customer Obsession
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Relentless pursuit of product market fit is customer obsession. Reality is, so many distractions in the office… It would be Nirvana for product developers and customer professionals if we can only think about the customer. Why do we have so … Read More