20 June 2013
Author:
Ralf Kruse
Over time I realised that seeing long lasting changes for many of my clients is my key motivation
Ralf Kruse
I'm an agile42 coach. Sometimes I'm excited and sometimes I feel more like Marvin ;-)
Follow me @ralfhh
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The job of an external agile coach can be quit challenging and stressful. At the client side we are in the centre of attention. In addition, travelling is stressful. To be honest, from time to time I ask myself, "why am I doing this?" This post is my answer to this question.
In all of my previous jobs, I had the feeling that identifying problems and possibilities for improvement offended others. In my work as agile coach I observe that this "talent" helps others to change and improve.
Seeing people changing and improving, whose work has been more of a ...
17 June 2013
Author:
Dave Sharrock
The transparency brought about by the Product Owner Board brings to the PO team many of the benefits we see with development teams
One of the principles of agility is transparency - making the flow of work visible. It is common for the development team to use task boards and burndown charts, and we've found that extending this practice to the product management team is just as valuable. No surprise there.
We have found this to be especially valuable, as the PO Team tends to be less agile due to their background. Most accept that the dev team is doing something weird and that they are required to provide different “specifications” but if you manage to set up a board and make their ...
11 June 2013
Author:
Ralf Kruse
Scrum day - 11.-12. June 2013 - Berlin
I am looking forward to have my talk tomorrow at the Scrum-day!
The idea behind my talk arose from the last Scrumday.
There was already the focus on scaling, but the most of the attention was direct to "how it looks like" and "how you should do it", but not so much on WHY doing it.
For me finding the best solution for your organization, your team is highly depending on where you are and where you want to be.
This is the reason why I tried to focus my talk on "Is your organization reaping the possible benefits of ...
7 June 2013
Author:
Marion Eickmann
Next Berlin Scrumtisch on June 26th; Time: 18:30; Place: Cafe Restaurant Deseo, Boxhagener Str. 108
Marion Eickmann
I am one of the founders of agile42. Even though I am not an engineer I
consider myself almost a "Techi" as I have been working in the field of
software development for 10 years now.
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Scrumtisch Berlin
Hello All,
we are happy to announce the next Berlin Scrumtisch scheduled for June 26th:
- Date: 26th of June, 2013
- Time: 18:30
- Place: Cafe Restaurant Deseo, Boxhagener Str. 108, http://www.deseo-restaurant.de/
For this Scrumtisch I invited Bent Myllerup from Denmark.
Bent is a Systemic Coach, CSC and CST and will give us some insides in personal Coaching.
I am still waiting for his confirmation, if he can make it on th 26th but since I cross fingers.
If you would like to attend, please send an email to scrumtisch@agile42.com, or register at the Scrum User ...
6 June 2013
Authors:
Brad Swanson
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Dave Sharrock
Brad Swanson and Dave Sharrock contributed to IBM Innovate 2013 conference a double list of ingredients for successful agile transformations (or not)
Brad Swanson
Brad Swanson started programming at age 10 on the Apple IIe, and was initiated into Agile development using XP in 1999. Brad is a Certified Scrum Coach (CSC) who is passionate about helping organizations achieve sustainable excellence.
Dave Sharrock
Agile coach passionate about organizational excellence. Follow me @davesharrock
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Agile Transformation Failure Modes
Lack of Executive Commitment
An enterprise agile transformation requires sustained commitment, effort and a focused sense of urgency from the leadership team. Lukewarm commitment or incongruent messages from leaders are quickly detected, legitimizing apathy and delay, and stalling the transformation before it gains the momentum needed to create lasting organizational change.
Overburdened Teams
When teams and managers face a daunting array of volatile, short-term priorities, they have no capacity to learn a new system for working. Failing to pursue clarity of purpose or to allow teams the time to learn sends the message that we are ...
6 June 2013
Author:
Ralf Kruse
Let's Play Kanban...
Ralf Kruse
I'm an agile42 coach. Sometimes I'm excited and sometimes I feel more like Marvin ;-)
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I am looking forward to play the Kanban Pizza Game™ at Limited WIP Society Hamburg.
It’s difficult to teach the principles of Lean and Agile simply by lecturing. People have to experience the principles by themselves to get a feeling for how it all works. By playing the Kanban Pizza Game™, you will enter the Kanban world in an playful way. The game looks simple, but the facilitation has it's pitfalls. :-)
Since we invented the Kanban Pizza Game™ two years ago we played it with various customers and Agile User Groups.Through these experiences we improved the game ...
29 May 2013
Author:
Ralf Kruse
Kanban Pizza Game by agile42 at DARE 2013 on Saturday 15th June - Antwerp Belgium
Get the chance to play with us!
I am happy to announce that Saturday, June 15th I will be at the Lean & Kanban conference DARE 2013 in Antwerp with the Kanban Pizza Game.
Nick Oostvogels, one of the organizers of the conference, describes DARE 2013 as “a conference for those brave souls who want to change the ordinary and take changes. A place to get fresh ideas how to turn your business into a success.”
So I am sure that this is the right place where play to our Kanban Pizza Game ;-)
We invented the Kanban Pizza Game a year ...
24 May 2013
Author:
Manny Segarra
As agile coaches, resistance to change is part of the job. How can we overcome the “Dark Champions”, who fight for status quo? Join me to find out how!
Manny Segarra
I am a helpful teacher with a warrior spirit...I am devoted to the Scrum Values and coach teams to ground their thinking and practices in these values...
Forever learning and passionate about the people which trust me to guide them in the direction of kaizen and being better teammates...
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The role of agile coach encompasses the responsibilities of Change, replacing the old inefficient ways with value adding tasks, in process, bureaucracy or otherwise. Here lies the danger and inherent resistance from the implicit company culture to agile and its transparent ways. In the dark corners of bureaucracy and inert processes, will you find a Dark Champion, someone for whom the status quo is king and will fight, indirectly and in the shadows, to keep things the way they are… As an Agile Champion, you bring Courage and Knowledge to the arena…
Resistant to change
The Dark Champion, the Dark ...
23 May 2013
Author:
Marion Eickmann
On 25th of April Ralf Kruse hosted the Scrumtisch in Berlin.
We had some 15-20 attendees and started by capturing interesting topics. After a dot voting the following topic backlog was ready to be discussed.
Topic Backlog
- Transition from technical role to PO role (2)
- When to do estimations (2)
- Agile vs. management culture (6/7)
- Intrinsic motivation in an agile environment (5)
- How to tell management to relax (4)
- How to handle weak POs (3)
- Why Scrum does not work (2)
Agile vs. Management Culture
The host of this topic had the example that new, unknown stakeholders join Sprint Reviews and come with new requirements without knowing anything about agile and the team's new development approach.
The question now was how to handle management and stakeholders who has no knowledge about agile. Following ...
22 May 2013
Author:
Alessio Bragadini
Scrum Gathering in Las Vegas has been a great success and Dave Sharrock, Brad Swanson from agile42 have given presentations
Organized by the Scrum Alliance, the Scrum Gathering in Las Vegas in early May has been a great success and the first sold out Gathering with over 500 attendees! For members of Scrum Alliance all presentations are now posted online on the organization's site under the Presentations tab.
Coaches from agile42 were present as always and you can also find their presentations here. Dave Sharrock presented Giving Teams the Roots to Grow and Wings to Fly, an interactive session introducing useful and proven practices that increase the sticking power of new agile teams, allowing them to stay agile long ...
