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Non-Profit ScrumMasters

December 20, 2009

I wrapped up a week of Scrum training and consulting in non-profit organizations with the cherry on top – a Certified ScrumMaster workshop for non-profits modeled after the brilliant  WelfareCSM concept created by Tobias Mayer. Contrasted with the Scrum courses I teach in corporate settings, this class was a slow boat into the essence of [...]

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Co-active coaching comes to the agile world

November 25, 2009

What a joy to see the Co-Active Coaching book alongside a bevy of agile books at the 2009 Agile Development Practices conference bookstore.  It sat there, nestled right next to the latest agile wisdom from Mike’s Cohn’s new book, Succeeding with Agile.  And…the Co-Active Coaching book sold out.  I didn’t wear a sign saying “Co-Active [...]

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Build your team's collaboration muscle

September 30, 2009

At Agile 2009, I delivered the results of a beautiful collaboration between myself and Lee Devin, co-author of the much loved Artful Making: What Managers Need to Know About How Artists Work.  After our session had been accepted, Lee discovered that he could not attend the conference.  Instead of saying, “See ya” or “Good luck [...]

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Is your team a dinghy or an oceanliner?

March 3, 2009

Humor me.  Try this.  Find a private place – a small conference room will do nicely.   Stand in the center of the room and imagine that you are a boat in the middle of the ocean.   The BIG ocean.   First imagine that you are a dinghy.  You know, one of those small life raft type [...]

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Interlocking Roles in Agile

August 15, 2008

Something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately are the roles in Agile.  Agile Coach, Product Owner and – yes – even Agile Manager.  They each have their place, their purpose, and they make or break an Agile team.  This makes them vitally important.  In my experience, teams *get* Agile.  Comparatively, teams have a smooth [...]

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Creating Meaningful Team Norms

December 14, 2007

Team Norms are typically created when a team first starts out together but can be valuable any time – it’s never too late to create them. Team Norms can be powerful and meaningful for the team, if care is taken in creating them.  The best Team Norms are more than standup time, core hours and [...]

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