An Example Agile Coaching Conversation
Initiating a Coaching Interaction Imagine that a manager comes to you and asks: Manager: “could you teach my team how to use planning poker?” It may be that there is
What Does an Agile Coach Do All Day Part 2
In my experience, there is no end of things for an Agile Coach to do. At times, the needs and requests will just pour in. And at other times, you’ll
Upcoming Events
I've got a number of events coming up! Tonight I'll be at the Kendal Square Agilists doing a talk/large game on "Scaling Agile Organically." You can learn more and register
Agile Games!
Over the past couple of years, and even more so lately, Gillian and I have been creating lots of Agile games, including user story games and games that teach Agile
What Does an Agile Coach Do All Day? Part 1
Understanding active listening, emotional intelligence, facilitation and a host of other coaching skills is great, but what does an Agile Coach actually do on a day to day basis? How
Switching Focus to Agile Coaching
After a long hiatus on this blog, I'll be switching the focus from DIY to Agile Coaching. That said, the essence of providing information for the Agile DIY'er will remain,
The Best Product Owners Write Small Valuable User Stories
Are you a product owner, or aspiring to be one? Is your organization struggling with producing user stories that can be implemented start to finish in a few days or
Advanced Agile Coaching
This post assumes that you are already familiar with Agile Coaching as described in Lyssa Adkin's Coaching Agile Teams, taking an ICAgile ICP-ACC class, or having read the Agile Coach Basics mini-book on this blog.
11 Self-organizing Teams Teaching Themselves Agile at the Same Time
In a previous post I talked about how I came to learn that I could teach Agile to lots of people at the same time. In writing that post I realized that
Agile is a Game
While attending a presentation at Agile New England last night on “Gamestorming” by Todd Lombardo I was reminded that Agile is a game. That may seem a bit uncomfortable for
Announcing Valtivity!
You may have noticed that I haven't been very active here in a while. Over the last year I've been spending more time doing Agile presentations than blogging. Well, that's
One Piece Flow
One piece flow is a concept from Lean and is the key to succeeding with Agile. One piece flow is exactly what is done when producing a hotfix. The only