Resolving Organizational Impediments (The Fishbone Diagram)
As Agile Coaches, we often encounter (or I believe a majority of our encounters) are in the realms of organizational impediments. I have always liked to think of my job...
Coaching Competency Framework
In our Advanced Certified ScrumMaster Workshops, we spend a bit of time talking about the often "squishy" topic of coaching. Coaching can take on many forms, but I firmly believe...
What Is Your Coaching Stance?
Professional coaching is considered critical in the original whitepaper on ACI’s Agile Coach Competency Framework. It refers to the coaching stance as “the heart” of the framework. The coaching stance...
Leadership Agility and Leadership Types
Leadership is a critical factor that contributes to the success of any team. It is likely even more important in an agile environment. Leadership agility is quite simply the ability...
Value Stream Mapping
Value stream mapping (VSM) is a powerful visual planning tool. It helps you visualize the current and the ideal workflow for an item from a not-started state to a complete...
Is Having a Functional or Team Manager as a Scrum Master Good or Bad?
There are three main roles in Scrum – Product Owner, Developer(s), and ScrumMaster. Product Owners ensure that the team is delivering the things that maximize the business value of the...
Camera usage and its effect on virtual meeting fatigue
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to switch to virtual meetings instead of physical ones. It may seem like an excellent method to hold meetings remotely and discuss your tasks...
Management 3.0 in a nutshell?
Gary Hamel's talk on "The Future of Management" has had a profound affect on me as a leader as well as people that have watched the video in my advanced...
Unleash the UI/UX Power in Scrum
There is a wide perception that Design in general is just making things pretty, choosing colors and pictures. However this mostly describes the activities related to UI and does not...
Active Listening Tools for Faciliation
What is Facilitation? Facilitation is a service of assistance you provide to a group of people to make decisions and achieve goals collaboratively based on those decisions. The action of...
Non-Violent Communication
"The best way I can get understanding from another person is to give this person the understanding, too. If I want them to hear my needs and feelings, I first...
Impact mapping: Business goals to product backlog
Are you struggling with how to create your product backlog? You have a business goal but you are still unsure how to continue? Let me introduce you to impact mapping...