There are ways you can make the Agile journey less painful for newcomers. Here Matt provides examples of methods he has discovered from personal experience and discusses how he can create greater team chemistry along the way.
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Different approaches to setting up your Story Wall
When forming your new Agile team, one of the many decisions to make is how to set up your Story Wall. You can try lots of variations – including different columns, techniques, and/or approaches. But how do you decide? Here are some ideas to get you started.
Retrospectives Strike Back! – The blogified version
Following on from a previous blog (Retrospectives: a fresh look) and my recent talk at LAST 2014 – Retrospectives Strike Back!, I thought I’d introduce you to some more new and different Retrospective formats.
Rich Pictures and CATWOE: Simple yet Powerful Scope-Modelling Techniques
Today I will be focusing on Rich Pictures and CATWOE, which are somewhat lesser known, yet simple techniques which can both add value to analysis activities. These techniques have their roots in Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), but I’ve found them to be quite useful as tools forming part of my analysis approach.
Yoga for Traditionalists: Stretch yourself into Agility
In this post Ian explores why traditional projects don’t adopt some of the agile techniques in order to improve the way projects are delivered, and what he would do differently since being exposed to the world of agile.
HDD: Driving Outcomes, not Output
Today I’m going to talk about the benefits and implementation of Hypothesis Driven Development (HDD). This topic errs slightly on the side of science, so let’s dust off our lab coats and get into it.
Who says there’s no planning in Agile?
As Agile software development becomes increasingly popular there’s still a common misconception that it requires no planning. And yet a study undertaken by VersionOne discovered that 30% of respondents are actually worried about Agile’s lack of up-front planning
Forming to Performing teams: accelerating with agile
Management experts have long been trying to study the behaviours of high performance teams, hoping to distil their insights into a magical recipe for leadership success. One of the most famous studies is Tuckman’s Model of Team Development. This model identifies a set of stages (Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing) that teams need to pass on the way to optimal performance – and some barriers to progression.
Retrospectives: a fresh look
Retrospectives are fairly common among Agile teams, but it sometimes seems that every team uses the same format:
- What worked well?
- What didn’t work so well?
- What still puzzles me?
Throughout this blog I’d like to introduce you to some different Retrospective techniques.
Free CBAP Practice Exam
The team at Elabor8 have put together a short sample exam to help you with your CBAP or CCBA preparation.
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What is a Story Card workshop?
What is a Story Card workshop? Ryan takes us through this lesser known Agile ceremony to provide an understanding of how it works and the benefit.
Ryan also provides an overview of a technique that has proven to be effective which helps define the scope of user stories in an easy and clear manner.
Scaling Agile with SAFe (the Scaled Agile Framework)
Andrew Blain provides an overview of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).