September 2011
1 post
How to Deal with Results from an Agile... →
Have you ever heard a team complaining about results of a retrospective not being realized? I have. And it’s important to change something immediately after hearing it.
Sep 6th
August 2011
3 posts
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Agile Team Retrospective Activities: Starfish &... →
Variety in retrospective activities are definitely necessary. The more retrospectives I do, the more I’m getting tired of using the same method over and over again. And hey, this will most probably bore the teams I work with as well. Therefore it’s good to challenge the team AND you with new retrospective techniques. In the last weeks I tried out Starfish and Team Radar in retrospectives.
Aug 31st
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Soft Agile Transition: Slowly from nowhere to...
Lean Thinking is what I’m trying to learn and adopt at the moment. This post moved to http://proessler.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/soft-agile-transition-slowly-from-nowhere-to-scrum/
Aug 18th
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Scrum of Scrum introduced. Yes!
It’s great to witness how a company changes from somewhat “old school-ish” to something agile-like: Last week we finally started with a Scrum of Scrum and it turns out to be working pretty well only after a few days. This post moved to http://proessler.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/scrum-of-scrum-introduced-yes/
Aug 1st
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July 2011
5 posts
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NOT done!
One of the principles behind the Agile Manifesto is maximizing the amount of work NOT done! If you really manage to do it, it is very liberating. It actually sounds very easy but is really hard to get it started and keep it going.  This post moved to http://proessler.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/not-done/
Jul 25th
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108 Ideas in 30 Minutes
6-3-5 Brainwriting is a Brainstorming method that generates 108 different ideas or views for any topic within 30 minutes. This post moved to http://proessler.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/108-ideas-in-30-minutes/
Jul 15th
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Visualizing Kanban Lead Time
Measuring the lead time is one of the three core means of Kanban (next to Workflow visualization and WIP limitation).  This post moved to http://proessler.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/visualizing-kanban-lead-time/
Jul 8th
Jul 3rd
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A Burndown Chart is much more than Traffic Lights
This post is a wonderful example of me being a project manager struggling to become an agile coach: As a project manager I loved to show the status of a project via traffic lights This post moved to http://proessler.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/a-burndown-chart-is-much-more-than-traffic-lights/
Jul 1st
June 2011
4 posts
Lean software development →
Eliminate waste Amplify learning Decide as late as possible Deliver as fast as possible Empower the team Build integrity in See the whole
Jun 30th
1 tag
3 Retrospectives in 2 Days
Last week I had retrospectives with three different agile teams within 2 days. This post has moved to http://proessler.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/3-retrospectives-in-2-days/
Jun 26th
“When you need me, but do not want me, I must stay. When you want me, but no...”
– NannyMcPhee via https://twitter.com/OlafLewitz
Jun 21st
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Really listening
At the moment I’m reading “Agile Coaching” from Rachel Davies & Liz Sedley. This post has moved to http://proessler.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/really-listening/
Jun 20th
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