Retrospective: looking back on or dealing with past events or situations. An essential practice to make the future better.
Listen in to this Agile Uprising podcast on Dynamic Reteaming with guest Heidi Helfand, Director where we challenge the notion that we need to keep our software develop teams “the same” in order to be successful.
Teams often experience a breakdown in communication. Sometimes it will be around requirements, or expectations, or priorities. Other elements that contribute to difficulties in collaboration and delivery of value include component silos, and specialization. All of the above can be particularly pronounced with virtual teams.
A simple and powerful technique to identify what gets breaks your stride… Any time you are in “Full focus” mode and your progress gets impeded – maybe something that has nothing to do with the work itself like an interruption, or a process or system that causes pain and suffering, …
I recently had a delightful opportunity come my way: design a retrospective focused on empathy to help the “Left Brains” and the “Right Brains” on a team figure out why they were having so much trouble communicating effectively. The problem had emerged as feelings of frustration by both “sides” over …
I had the opportunity recently to introduce myself to a new group of colleagues. I really enjoy these kinds of conversations. They give me the opportunity to look back and see patterns of my journey. And it occurred to me as I was preparing for the call, that my life’s path has been …
