Tips for Communicating About Your Agile Transformation
“Too many coaches relegate themselves to the kid’s table and are really ineffective at making big, organizational-level changes. Agile coaches are change agents and should be sitting at the adult table”. I am paraphrasing my colleague, but this was the gist of his lament when discussing effectiveness of some Agile ...
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Oceans of Plastics – Scrum Gathering Austin Report
At the 2019 Global Scrum Gathering Applied Frameworks introduced attendee to our Oceans of Plastics problem. The principle behind using frameworks at the Scrum Gathering was to apply the unique skills and knowledge we possess to solve challenging social problems. At the conference we engaged with hundreds of participants to ...
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Applied Frameworks @ Scrum Gathering Austin
At Scrum Gathering Austin, our team engaged with the conference attendees to raise awareness around the issue of Oceans of Plastic and demonstrated the power of using frameworks to solve social problems. Each day we used a different framework to guide the conference attendees along a journey that began with ...
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An Ocean of Plastic
On March 18th, the body of a curvier beaked whale was retrieved from Davao Bay in the Philippines. The cause of death - starvation and dehydration as a result of ingesting ninety pounds of nylon rope, plastic bags, and other plastic objects found stuffed in the animal’s stomach! A month ...
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How to Make a Product Playbook
"A well-designed system filled with ordinary—but well-trained—people can consistently achieve stunning performance levels."—Robert I. Sutton What’s the status of your product management team? It’s likely some team members have formal training; others don’t. Some have years of experience; some have just started. They’ve probably got some tools they’ve used in ...
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Collaboration Frameworks for Product Owners & Agile Coaches
Looking to change up your Retrospective so that it is not so boring? Need a way to engage with your stakeholders so that the HiPPOs don't always dominate? Well...today you are in luck because I am sharing my four favorite sites that offer Product Owners and ScrumMasters a plethora of ...
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