You like the collaboration, focus and energy that Scrum brings. But you are dealing with frequent urgent requests, different types of works, and are expected to to change direction rapidly. Thus, you’ve been thinking about Kanban to help you the adapt and keep the flow. How can you benefits from both of these approaches? Have a look.
Relative estimation using planning poker is fairly well known technique in Agile circles. Same goes with t-shirt sizing. But have you tried the bucket system, or affinity mapping? Here are 7 different and very practical techniques you can use for estimation.
Do you need to spark the imagination of your team? You can try Story Cubes. Activities are fun and very practical ways to learnt. Story Cubes game leverage this in a very visual way. It’s a non-competitive game that can help you to warm-up your next training or workshop.
Pair programming is not about two people writing the same code. And it doesn’t have to be about programming either. The concept applies to all problem solving endeavours. What’s the cost of pairing up, and what are the true benefits? Here are a few ways pairing help us improve the quality of our work on daily basis.
How do you pick best idea(s) for your product? If you believe every idea you share must look and sound great, don’t hold your breathe. You’d be surprised if you have very few great ideas, if any. And don’t be surprised if you pick a bad one at the end. What to do then? Here are a couple of tips to help you out.
How do you hire Agile team members, in an Agile way? Do you know the cycle time, i.e. how long does it take you to fill a role? And the cost? Not only the direct hiring cost, but the cost of inevitable delays, and the opportunity cost? Once hired, how to best manage them? Here are 6 to help your hire and retain Agile talent.
How do you decide what to build next? Who should come up with the ideas? How to keep track of all the good ideas, and select the ones you’d like to implement next? Here’s a behind the scenes look at how the Candy Crush Soda team comes up with ideas and decides what to build next.
We probably know the fundamental benefits of deploying new code quickly and automatically. But do you know how does it help new team members get onboard quickly? How does it help curb bad behaviours? Here are some rather less known ways continuous deployment helps teams.
AGILE
Best of Kanban and Scrum
You like the collaboration, focus and energy that Scrum brings. But you are dealing with frequent urgent requests, different types of works, and are expected to to change direction rapidly. Thus, you’ve been thinking about Kanban to help you the adapt and keep the flow. How can you benefits from both of these approaches? Have a look.
dzone.com
9 Agile Estimation Techniques
Relative estimation using planning poker is fairly well known technique in Agile circles. Same goes with t-shirt sizing. But have you tried the bucket system, or affinity mapping? Here are 7 different and very practical techniques you can use for estimation.
agileadvice.com
Kickstart Your Imagination with Story Cubes
Do you need to spark the imagination of your team? You can try Story Cubes. Activities are fun and very practical ways to learnt. Story Cubes game leverage this in a very visual way. It’s a non-competitive game that can help you to warm-up your next training or workshop.
dkrimmer.de
Improving Quality by Pairing Up Daily
Pair programming is not about two people writing the same code. And it doesn’t have to be about programming either. The concept applies to all problem solving endeavours. What’s the cost of pairing up, and what are the true benefits? Here are a few ways pairing help us improve the quality of our work on daily basis.
blog.scrum.org
PRODUCT OWNER
Don’t Forget These Two Product Management Principles
How do you pick best idea(s) for your product? If you believe every idea you share must look and sound great, don’t hold your breathe. You’d be surprised if you have very few great ideas, if any. And don’t be surprised if you pick a bad one at the end. What to do then? Here are a couple of tips to help you out.
blog.intercom.io
TEAM
6 Agile Talent Management Tips
How do you hire Agile team members, in an Agile way? Do you know the cycle time, i.e. how long does it take you to fill a role? And the cost? Not only the direct hiring cost, but the cost of inevitable delays, and the opportunity cost? Once hired, how to best manage them? Here are 6 to help your hire and retain Agile talent.
leadinganswers.typepad.com
How the Candy Crush Team Comes Up with Ideas
How do you decide what to build next? Who should come up with the ideas? How to keep track of all the good ideas, and select the ones you’d like to implement next? Here’s a behind the scenes look at how the Candy Crush Soda team comes up with ideas and decides what to build next.
blog.crisp.se
DEVELOPER
A Gift That Keep on Giving
We probably know the fundamental benefits of deploying new code quickly and automatically. But do you know how does it help new team members get onboard quickly? How does it help curb bad behaviours? Here are some rather less known ways continuous deployment helps teams.
blog.intercom.io
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