Developing fully cross functional teams can dramatically reduce waste. In this essay we explore why cross functional teams are difficult to implement, and how to overcome common obstacles.
When personal interactions are limited, online tools for team managment become essential. Watch our own Kert Peterson and Laura Richardson share their insights on how to improve this experience using Miro´s toolkit, joined by Matt Mulholland from Miro. Kert, Laura and Matt have comprehensive expertise on the subject, especially relevant ...
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Scrum Masters are core to creating an environment to help teams be as effective as possible. They are responsible for ensuring the team lives up to the Agile values and principles. The team is their primary focus. What should a Scrum Master do when an individual on the team is ...
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Learn how to improve your communication effectiveness 5X by using simple yet subtle techniques leveraging behavior patterns built into humans through biology and social conditions.
If your Sprints are getting bogged down or missing the mark, combining Scrum with Kanban might be the answer. We provide a comprehensive explanation of how Kanban can improve your process with Task Boards, Team Boards, and a better focus on customer needs. Watch Kert Peterson and Laura Richardson´s webinar ...
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From Summer 2020, our webinar on choosing the right metrics for enterprise agility.
A common challenge Scrum teams face is how to create and structure stories such that they deliver customer value within the time box of a Sprint. Stories often end up spanning multiple sprints or they are too technical and task-oriented instead of focusing on value delivery. Watch Kim Poremski and ...
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Watch Laura Richardson and Joel Bancroft-Connors talk about the value of the Large Scale Retrospective in a recorded meetup with Bay Area Agile Leadership. https://vimeo.com/428293869
Join Carlton Nettleton and Laura Richardson as they demonstrate how to engage a larger group of stakeholders in online collaborative roadmapping. During the webinar, they introduce 3 frameworks including Empathy Map, Prune the Product Tree (an original Innovation Game®) and Now/Next/Later.
The financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is forcing many companies to reprioritize work and cut budgets. Our experts showcase the alternative approach of Collaborative Cost Cutting, which leverages several collaborative frameworks - that you'll learn about - which improve decision-making while promoting engagement, transparency and accountability at scale.