Introduction Atlassian is in the process of making some big changes to its products for the past year. It started with the acquiring of Agile Craft” and labeling it as “Jira Align”. They continued with major changes in the cloud UI, then came the...
Introduction Atlassian is in the process of making some big changes to its products for the past year. It started with the acquiring of Agile Craft” and labeling it as “Jira Align”. They continued with major changes in the cloud UI, then came the...
Written by SPC Sachin Dhaygude Recently in retrospectives of one of the scrum teams, one team member had some strong opinions about guidelines that were defined for code reviews. Besides what to review and how to review, the guidelines also had some instructions on...
Written by SPC Sachin Dhaygude Recently in retrospectives of one of the scrum teams, one team member had some strong opinions about guidelines that were defined for code reviews. Besides what to review and how to review, the guidelines also had some instructions on...
The COVID19 pandemic gives us plenty of opportunities to think about uncertainty, complexity, and how to deal with those using Empiricism. When it comes to our work in Agile teams and organizations, the first thing we need to acknowledge is that the first thing...
The COVID19 pandemic gives us plenty of opportunities to think about uncertainty, complexity, and how to deal with those using Empiricism. When it comes to our work in Agile teams and organizations, the first thing we need to acknowledge is that the first thing...
2020 – The year when we dropped a couple of rungs on Maslow’s ladder when it comes to what health means… Back in 2015, I wrote in my personal blog about a Spotify Squad-level tool I started using in Executive/Management workshops as well as...
2020 – The year when we dropped a couple of rungs on Maslow’s ladder when it comes to what health means… Back in 2015, I wrote in my personal blog about a Spotify Squad-level tool I started using in Executive/Management workshops as well as...
Coronavirus has sent many people that in regular days are working from the office to work from home. This is a big change for many teams that need to establish new ways of work. Here are some tips for managers that are relevant for...
Coronavirus has sent many people that in regular days are working from the office to work from home. This is a big change for many teams that need to establish new ways of work. Here are some tips for managers that are relevant for...
These are crazy times. I’m lucky that during this time I can still do things that are in the vicinity of my comfort zone. When working with a client or teaching a class I rely pretty heavily on liberating structures, training from the back...
These are crazy times. I’m lucky that during this time I can still do things that are in the vicinity of my comfort zone. When working with a client or teaching a class I rely pretty heavily on liberating structures, training from the back...
The complex reality presents many challenges and dilemmas that Scrum Masters and leaders at all levels try to solve using problem-solving techniques. Yet dilemmas are different from problems. While problems have a good answer or solution, dilemmas have more than a single good answer....
The complex reality presents many challenges and dilemmas that Scrum Masters and leaders at all levels try to solve using problem-solving techniques. Yet dilemmas are different from problems. While problems have a good answer or solution, dilemmas have more than a single good answer....
Writing unit tests on Legacy Code is an adventure. Today I spent several hours doing that with two developers, Mark and Yelena. The system has a flow you are used to and when you write code you fit it into this flow. Then you...
Writing unit tests on Legacy Code is an adventure. Today I spent several hours doing that with two developers, Mark and Yelena. The system has a flow you are used to and when you write code you fit it into this flow. Then you...
It is early afternoon on Friday. As the week is coming to an end, so is Team Alpha’s Sprint. The team is rushing to finish the last User Stories in the Sprint. Marion is putting the last touches on the Daily Report User Story....
It is early afternoon on Friday. As the week is coming to an end, so is Team Alpha’s Sprint. The team is rushing to finish the last User Stories in the Sprint. Marion is putting the last touches on the Daily Report User Story....
Once you start unit testing, you will find significant benefits to your design, throughput, quality and peace of mind. However it is not easy to start it in an organization that’s not used to it. Here are a number of practical tips: First step:...
Once you start unit testing, you will find significant benefits to your design, throughput, quality and peace of mind. However it is not easy to start it in an organization that’s not used to it. Here are a number of practical tips: First step:...
