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Alignment and Resistance Part 1: Why Alignment Matters
Today, the first instalment of a little series on a big problem affecting agile teams: alignment. What does it mean when your team or company isn't a…
7 years, 11 months ago
Setting Goals in a Kanban Team
How do you provide focus and drive for a team using kanban? There's no natural "sprint" unit to hang a goal on, it seems. Jeffrey and Squirrel answer…
7 years, 11 months ago
The Frustration of Learning
This week, Jeffrey and Squirrel address a common frustration: "With all these retrospectives and planning games, when do we actually get some work do…
8 years ago
What Agile Practises Have We Left Behind
This week, Jeffrey and Squirrel answer a question from CruiseControl founder Paul Julius about what agile practises they've left behind. Surprising a…
8 years ago
Design in an Agile Team
This week, Jeffrey and Squirrel help a listener with the role of design and architecture in an agile team. The answer involves arcane-sounding but fu…
8 years ago
Learning by Failing
This week, Jeffrey and Squirrel look at how to learn new skills in your agile team or elsewhere, and recommend frequent failure as a useful heuristic…
8 years ago
Roadmap to Improving Agile Skills
This week, Jeffrey and Squirrel describe some of the methods they used to improve their own skills in implementing and troubleshooting agile methods.…
8 years, 1 month ago
Removing the Blame Frame
This week, Jeffrey and Squirrel discuss how to avoid blame - adopting a frame of ownership or problem-solving is a useful concrete action to try to a…
8 years, 1 month ago
Dealing With Deadlines
This week, Jeffrey and Squirrel each tell a story about how teams they've worked with handled deadlines. SHOW LINKS: - The 12 Agile Principles: http…
8 years, 1 month ago
An Agile Hero's Journey
This week, Jeffrey and Squirrel are on the road at CITCON Vienna, interviewing Lydia Tripp about her journey through a wide variety of agile software…
8 years, 1 month ago