The team feel that the most accurate data should be captured, and that estimates should always be updated to the best...
Team Plays
Central to Agile principles is the idea of self-managing, cross-functional teams.
This is a powerful approach but not an easy concept to put into practice.
These Plays look at how we best build teams and make sure that scalability is at the heart of how we work.
No man is an island, entire of itself
A team works together towards a common goal. There are a number of sharing activities which act as "bridges" to the...
Effective retrospectives in Agile development
Leveraging everyone’s ideas for improvement could give considerable benefit to the business. You need a pathway for...
The Daily Scrum is more than standing around
Scrum introduces a mechanism called the “Daily Scrum”. The “Daily Scrum” is an opportunity for the team to get...
What is self-transcendence and how do we get there?
A key aspect of self-managing teams is the team challenging themselves. They set their own targets and keep striving...
Self-managing as a route to top teams
To be effective as an Agile organization, we need to make teams the primary unit by which development works. However,...
How much team stability is good?
Some team approaches align well with more structured, projectized organisations while others are a better fit for a...
Team size, pizzas and cohesion
Technology organizations have realised that there is a key size for effective teams. Beyond this, teams seem...
Are your Retrospectives failing?
If retrospectives are so important (and who would deny the importance of self-improvement?), why are they often not...