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Facilitating an Agile Retrospective in 60 Seconds
Mary Little explains how to facilitate an agile retrospective in 60 seconds. https://animoto.com/play/7LMROlqDJaxKxN0bmBfS1w
5 Tips for Improving Your Retrospective
Facilitating a retrospective at the end of each sprint is one of the best ways to embody a spirit of continuous improvement, or kaizen, on your agile team. This is typically an hour-long session where you encourage all of your … Continue reading
Agile Activation Workshop
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At EK, we often work with clients who are undergoing a second or even third attempt at an agile transformation. One of the most common complaints we hear is that a team attended a two- or three-day training class and … Continue reading
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The Value of User Stories
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Why Agile Fails When Organizations Try to “Go Agile”
Often we hear organizations are “going” agile and trust that they are successfully embracing core agile philosophies and reaping the benefits. Yet, for most organizations, this effort seems to generate complex organizational problems that result in unintended process, people and/or … Continue reading
Great Product Owner Habits
Depending on your environment, you may have worked with a Product Owner who functioned as an “Agile Project Manager” or Business Analyst. They “led” the project, captured requirements, wrote user stories, and managed the backlog. For others, the Product Owners … Continue reading