Cross Skilling is starting to happen and already there are fewer bottlenecks. John is starting to have more time to step back from the day to day and look at the big picture. He’s heard that most Scrum teams become more productive over time and he wonders how is team is doing. He pulls up [...]

Due to an unfortunate mistake on my part the RSS feed hasn’t been updating correctly since the beginning of November. You should now see 7 posts that you missed in that time.

Due to an unfortunate mistake on my part the RSS feed hasn’t been updating correctly since the beginning of November. You should now see 7 posts that you missed in that time.

Its day four of the sprint and ScrumMaster John is studying the Story + Task wall to see how the sprint is progressing. After a few minutes he sees three things that standout: Doug the only team member who knows how to make changes to the database has his name on four tasks that are [...]

Its day four of the sprint and ScrumMaster John is studying the Story + Task wall to see how the sprint is progressing. After a few minutes he sees three things that standout: Doug the only team member who knows how to make changes to the database has his name on four tasks that are [...]

This episode has been brought to you by a quick trip to California. Tom Stafford wrote about his use of Psychology to avoid Bystander Apathy. Interesting his approach point to a specific person (or persons) and tell them exactly what to do has been standard training for first aiders for years. Sharp Brains had an [...]

This episode has been brought to you by a quick trip to California. Tom Stafford wrote about his use of Psychology to avoid Bystander Apathy. Interesting his approach point to a specific person (or persons) and tell them exactly what to do has been standard training for first aiders for years. Sharp Brains had an [...]

In a New York Times article: “The Rise of the New Groupthink” this week Susan Cain claims that teams and collaborative work give rise to groupthink. Groupthink is not out of the question, as Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons demonstrate in “The Invisible Gorilla” group think is a risk – cite the example of the [...]

In a New York Times article: “The Rise of the New Groupthink” this week Susan Cain claims that teams and collaborative work give rise to groupthink. Groupthink is not out of the question, as Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons demonstrate in “The Invisible Gorilla” group think is a risk – cite the example of the [...]

The team are holding a daily standup mid-sprint. During the meeting Tonia the world’s best tester answers the obstacles question by saying: “The test server is down for the third time this week and I will spend the day writing new test cases.” Meanwhile Doug doesn’t raise any impediments but notes that he has spent [...]

The team are holding a daily standup mid-sprint. During the meeting Tonia the world’s best tester answers the obstacles question by saying: “The test server is down for the third time this week and I will spend the day writing new test cases.” Meanwhile Doug doesn’t raise any impediments but notes that he has spent [...]

[...] editor at InfoQ and has written dozens of articles on Agile topics and publishes a blog – Notes from a Tool User. Mark’s training benefits from his study and writing on the neuroscience of learning: Learning [...]

[...] editor at InfoQ and has written dozens of articles on Agile topics and publishes a blog – Notes from a Tool User. Mark’s training benefits from his study and writing on the neuroscience of learning: Learning [...]

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