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Background about the Poster I’ve been sharpening my visual thinking and facilitation skills over the past few months. Recently, I was lucky to attend a Bikablo course in Auckland taught by Visual Friends. The last part of the 2 day course was a practical poster creation whereby we had 2 …
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”). …
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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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 …
The Backstory At a recent sprint planning session with a new Agile team, one of our team members asked why wouldn’t we use time estimates, as opposed to story points? The answer is they serve different purposes. Story points aren’t time estimates. They are actually relative measures of complexity between …
Agile in 60 minutes It was a pleasure to be invited to give a presentation to the team at Potentia, to help refresh and reinforce their understanding of Agile. We had a time-box of 60 minutes. Rather than deliver the presentation lecture style, we got deep into some experiential learning …
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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What is Planning Poker? Planning Poker is a group estimation technique, that allows you to quickly identifies gaps in understanding. It facilitates healthy discussion, and avoids team members influencing each other’s estimates. How to Play Planning Poker Each team member has a deck of poker cards (or pre-written post-its) The Product …
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