The Role of an Agile Leader in Self-Managing Teams With a shift towards self-managing teams, the role of the leader adapts from a delegation model to a servant leadership model of support, coaching, empowerment and joining the dots. Example Questions an Agile Leader Would Ask Here are some examples of …
Category: Tips and Techniques
Workshop Facilitation Tips
Here are some tips for facilitating workshops. Preparation is key! General Workshop Facilitation Approach In general, the approach to facilitating any workshop (be it a design sprint, problem mapping, or planning) is: Understand the outcomes so you start with the end in mind. Create a clear agenda. I like to …
Self care for Professionals
Businesses can’t run without people, right? Modern Agile principles highlight the idea you need to “Make People Awesome” and if we take that seriously, we have to look at the mental and physical health of our teams. As a manager, a scrum master or agile coach, it’s your role to …
How to Develop a Growth Strategy for your Business – Melissa Frerk – Sketchnotes by Zhi Lee
I attended a workshop as part of the ANZ Business Startup Series. Thank you Melissa Frerk for sharing your insights and experience with us today. It was great to connect with like-minded business owners who want to do good things for their customers. These are the tips that I learn …
Brainwriting with an Ideation Template
The Problem with Brainstorming How many times have you entered a brainstorm where everyone tries to talk over each other? Or someone’s over-dominating the conversation and noone else gets a chance to air their views? Brainwriting as an Alternative to Brainstorming Consider using this brainwriting technique (as opposed to “brainstorming”). …
10 Daily Scrum Ideas – Different Questions to Ask
What is the Daily Scrum? The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute daily meeting where we plan for the next 24-hours as a team. It is attended by the Scrum Master, Product Owner, and members of the Team. Others are also welcome. What Questions are Asked? Did you know that the …
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A Useful Sprint Review Format
What is a Sprint Review? A Sprint Review is a short (0.5 – 1 hour) meeting at the end of a sprint. It speaks to the questions of: What value have we delivered? What feedback do our stakeholders have? What’s coming up? Why is a Good Structure Needed? Because people …
In Sprint Planning, How Do You Prioritise the Requirements in the Backlog?
This is a re-post of an article first published on DZone. Background Having worked with many Agile teams, I find that every team has a slightly different approach to prioritisation, and some teams are better at it than others. I’ve recently observed a sprint planning session where a team couldn’t …
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Creating a Prioritisation Agreement
What is a Prioritisation Agreement This is one of the activities we did as a part of a project inception. There was strong reason to do this because we had a team where individuals came together from different parts of a business, each with their own KPIs and only a …