I recent enjoyed a podcast by Pilar Orti and Lisette Sutherland where they discussed “Words We’d Like to See Disappear or Used Differently” – and one of them was “Collaboration.” I don’t think I’m ready to give it up just yet, particularly when exploring change in the context of teams and organizations. Let’s …
A Virtuous Agile Circle While the values and principles of Agile are minimalistic (See: Agile – What it means…) “rules” do abound – particularly in Scrum (“Generally Accepted Scrum Practices”). How we learn, follow, break, and eventually create new rules is a process much like the development of a martial artist. …
By communicating clear expectation and agreements, teams create an environment where positive norms – rather than default habits – become their operating guidelines. Think of the “Team Agreements” as the glue that helps binds a team together. This glue: Fosters trust and openness Creates a common vision Generates a nutrient rich environment for …
Don’t let the simplicity of the daily stand up agenda – “Yesterday, today, in my way” – fool you into thinking that it is easy to master. Behind this elegant minimalism you’ll discover fine grained coordination, emergent discovery, accountability, and the heartbeat for an entire team. Know what a good stand up looks like …
tl;dr: (from Karl Scotland) Scrum focuses on being agile which may (and should) lead to improving. Kanban focuses on improving, which may lead to being agile. Kanban and Scrum are two different flavors of Agile development workflow. This post covers similarities and differences between the two approaches as applied to software development …
