The Problem of Anxiety and How to Embrace It
The Problem of Anxiety and How to Embrace It Uncertainty and complexity demands that today’s businesses must continually be changing to remain competitive. That’s a fact. This is at odds with the mindset of the very people who help organisations to be successful, their employees. This is because people naturally crave stability in the form…
Read MoreHere’s the Thing About “T-shaped” People
Here’s the Thing About “T-shaped” People It’s about “T-shaped” teams too! One of the challenges for organisations when they move to Agile ways of working is the often mentioned need to build teams made up of “T-shaped” people. This can also be described as a cross-functionality. The Scrum Guide describes cross-functionality as: “Cross-functional teams have…
Read MorePotatoes on Mars, and When Not to Use Duct Tape
Potatoes on Mars, and When Not to Use Duct Tape So we‘re sitting there watching 3 space-orientated spectaculars, on a theme which we described as NASA’s greatest mistakes in chronological order as portrayed on film, and my partner and I start describing NASA’s approach to problem solving – which we refer to as ‘Potatoes on…
Read More5 Books for a New Scrum Master to Read
5 Books for a New Scrum Master to Read Practices Kanban and Scrum – Making the Most of Both – Henrik Kniberg & Mattias Skarin Any budding Scrum Master will benefit from the tools and techniques described in this book. It’s also free as an e-book, which is nice. Henrik and Mattias have been…
Read MoreMore with LeSS: A Decade of Descaling with LeSS with Craig Larman
More with LeSS: A Decade of Descaling with LeSS – Craig Larman Join us at Ticketmaster on the 6th July 2017 for an evening with LeSS co-founder and one of the top 20 agile influencers of all time, Craig Larman. It’s been an absolute honour and privilege to be able to host Craig in London…
Read MorePhysical Forms for an Agile Mindset #scrumya
Physical Forms for an Agile Mindset #scrumya As big fans of experimentation and also keen yogis.. when Anna came to us to say she had an idea to fuse the agile principles, scrum rituals and yoga poses, we didn’t need much persuading to get involved. After a few months of tweaking, along with Anna kindly presenting the…
Read MoreWhy ‘Why’ Means Taking Responsibility
Why ‘Why’ Means Taking Responsibility. I don’t know if it’s me, but throughout my career in software development, I’ve seen so much wasted and unfocused effort and so many stressed people constantly pushed to capacity for ‘crucial’ developments that simply then withered away as the work became forgotten and irrelevant. All that waste really gets…
Read MoreBDD in Banking – Cucumber Podcast
BDD in Banking – Cucumber Podcast The Cucumber podcast is for people who love Cucumber! Over the last year subscribers to the podcast have had the opportunity to hear the Cucumber Team talk about a wide variety of agile and BDD related topics as well as hosting a range of wonderful guests, including Emily Webber, Sallyann…
Read MoreIncrease your Scope as a Coach & Go Beyond the Team
Increase your Scope as a Coach & Go Beyond the Team The role of ‘Agile Coach’ has become a ubiquitous catch-all for anyone doing anything with agile outside the role of Scrum Master. However, the Scrum Master role, according to the Scrum guide, is also a coaching role. Therefore, the Scrum Master and Agile Coach can…
Read MoreWhy Agile Transformations Fail – Gil Broza
Why Agile Transformations Fail – Gil Broza Earlier this month, Gil Broza joined AWA and fellow meetup group Psychology of Agile Scrum to share his talk “Practice Does Not Make Perfect: Why Agile Transformations Fail.” Gil thinks that there’s one particular ingredient that’s been overlooked in the mad rush to adopt Agile. During his talk, he…
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