When was the last time you took time as a team/group to get feedback and discuss ideas around improvement? Through the Scrum framework, I have come to value the retrospective. A retrospective is defined by the Scrum Guide as “an opportunity for the Scrum Team to inspect and create a plan for improvements to be … Read more Getting Feedback through a Retrospective
Are you having trouble with transparency and communication around your work or a team’s work? Would you like to be able to visualize when an item is in progress or done? I recommend using a visual board to show your work. In software development, you may hear the phrases Scrum board or Kanban board. In … Read more A Visual Board for Work
I often have many ideas in different places that pertain to a specific product or project. This makes it hard to see all of your ideas as well as be able to prioritize which ones are the most important. I have found great value in having one backlog to store all of these ideas. I first … Read more One Product, One Backlog
Do you know your customer’s pain points? Do you understand how they currently do their job? Do you know how to make their jobs more efficient through better products and design? Do you have empathy for them? These are all questions that I have asked myself throughout my career. An ideal way to find the … Read more Customer Empathy
Are you having trouble communicating and understanding daily goals as a team? Is there a lack of transparency? Do deadlines keep getting missed? Are there too many meetings being scheduled daily with co-workers? Something I have come to value greatly in any part of the organization is a daily meeting with the below three questions. … Read more Inspect and Adapt Daily
I wanted to share this TED talk of Ray Dalio as I found it very insightful. Idea meritocracy, being radically truthful and transparent, collective decision making, and the dot collector tool present such a unique perspective on how to operate as an organization. What are your thoughts on these concepts? Have you experienced any of … Read more Idea Meritocracy
Change is hard for humans in many situations. When talking about an organizational change such as agility the combination of alignment and a unified vision as an organizational whole becomes very important. What is the plan for the future? How will the organization be planning throughout to inspect and adapt to the overall vision? For … Read more Importance of a Unified Vision