I love retrospectives. It doesn’t matter if it’s an informal process that occurs naturally as team members interact or it […]
Category: retrospectives
Agile Retrospectives: Why Bother?
Retrospectives in Scrum (called “reflections” in eXtreme Programming) are a key agile practice. The mechanics of a retrospective—a meeting through […]
Be the Minority: Increase Engagement and Have Fun Doing It
“Seventy-one percent of American workers are ‘not engaged’ or ‘actively disengaged’ in their work,” according to a recent Gallup poll. […]
Four Steps to More Effective Agile Retrospectives
It’s no secret among agile practitioners that retrospectives, as commonly practiced, tend to suffer from a fatal flaw: inaction. Teams discuss […]
Arlen Bankston: 5Q’s on Agile
Some time ago, I participated in the PM Boulevard’s 5Q’s on Agile series. Now, it’s my colleague Arlen Bankston’s turn. […]
Old Wine in New Skin?
With all the brouhaha about Agile methods in the last year or two, it’s hard not to get carried away […]
Worldwide Agile Adoption?
Whew — it’s been quite a while since my last Blog post! Turns out that I’ve been quite busy […]
How are Lean and Agile Related?
In the past few years, we’ve seen the emergence of serious initiatives in understanding and exploiting the connection between Lean […]
Yet Another Book List
Actually 3 book lists. I put a reading list out some weeks ago, and got feedback from Mark Levison. Here […]