Retrospective: looking back on or dealing with past events or situations.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone. All the necessary holiday shopping is (hopefully) done. Presents have been delivered and stashed away in a favorite hiding spot… and are ready to be put out under the tree or into that stocking hung with care. So what’s left to do? Why …
Riding the train to work… a day or so before thanksgiving… a question bubbled up in my mind: What am I thankful for? Here’s what I am thankful for …the brilliant-assholes and the just plain-assholes that I’ve met along the way. You have been my bengali tea boys. You have triggered my …
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 …
…What could possibly go wrong? Here’s an idea: conduct a “pre-mortem” to prepare. The gist of the activity is to consider all that could possibly “go wrong.” Then the conversation switches to a mitigation and action plan. (Maybe the team even does a pre-mortem activity at Lift-Off or at Sprint 0?)
Opportunities for failure lurk everywhere. In projects, in code roll-outs, in team member interactions. We’re going to try a lot of new things. Some will work. Some won’t. We don’t set out to fail, but when we do, how will we handle it?
