We are humans. And because we are humans, we need to understand how we, or actually our brains, work. Though we can already rely on decades of brain research, we still understand only partially what is happening right up there. The funny thing about that knowledge we gained is that […]
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Within the agile space we often hear: “don’t blame the person, blame the system”. And as a result, I often notice that many people stop thinking about how to make a change, since it is the system that should change. That is a pity, since I believe that change is […]
A common complaint in many businesses is that we have too many meetings. That complaint typically does not disappear in agile setups and it is quite often an excuse to reduce the number or the length of meetings. To start with, I do not believe that in general meetings by […]
Measuring your effectiveness as agile coach or scrum master is not easy. The reason for that is that we work in a complex environment, so there is no such a thing as a small set of indicators that will tell you if your effectiveness has increased or decreased. Given the […]
In my previous post I have discussed estimates and its value when planning our work. In that same post I have mentioned that it should be about the combination of creating value (effectiveness) against reducing costs (efficiency), the so-called return-on-invest. There are different ways to define the value of a […]
Effort estimates within agile teams. A topic that provokes a lot of discussion in many organizations and many teams. During many years I had to deal with “effort estimates” within many contexts, so I am going to share my take on this topic with you, based on the many (different) […]
I have been working with many teams throughout the years. And all these teams have actually succeeded in improving their way of working. So how do I support those teams to achieve that? What is the definition of success? It is an ongoing discussion in many companies and it is […]
In this episode we will focus on the scope of a scrum master role. The reason for having a good conversation about it, is the fact that many times not everyone understands or does not want to understand that scope. Specifically in bigger organisations or organisations where a mixture of […]
On a daily basis I see (and read) many posting about agility, scrum and many, many other frameworks, methods, tools and opinions about them. So I have been wondering what another posting would add to that collection without being overly repetitive and interesting enough to be read. Of course I […]