How To Demo The Backend In An Agile Way?
When it comes to Sprint Reviews or demos, the golden rule is to show a working solution. You want to engage your audience in a way that elicits meaningful feedback. But what hap...
Agile coaching and Scrum
Practical guidance for Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, facilitators, and teams.
How Positive Intent Transforms Agile Team Dynamics for Better Productivity
In professional soccer, a 2005 study titled Action bias among elite soccer goalkeepers: The case of penalty kicks provides a fascinating insight into the impact of culture and p...
Is Extrinsic Motivation Really Bad? Understand the Balance for Great Leadership
The widely held belief that extrinsic motivation invariably diminishes intrinsic motivation deserves a nuanced examination. Contrary to this popular notion, a recent study sugge...
The Manifesto Most Organizations Live By
Ah, the hallowed halls of traditional management, where the air is thick with the scent of printed reports and the sound of keyboards clacking away into oblivion. Here, in this ...
How Agile Teams Naturally Progress: Unveil the Power of Tuckman’s Stages
Tuckman's stages of group development help us to coach agile teams at different stages of their development. Access this content with a premium subscription This post is on...
Unlocking Performance: The Overlooked Management Strategy That Works Wonders
The Agile Compassby Matthias Orgler Hello Reader, in the last two weeks we looked at planning: assessing why we insist on finalizing the plan (and how to stop) and why you sho...
Why You Shouldn’t Assign Team Members to User Stories During Sprint Planning
The Agile Compassby Matthias Orgler Hello Reader, last week we talked about why we can’t seem to let go of “finalizing the plan”. This week we’ll look at a common bad habit th...
How to Boost Team Collaboration with User Stories – Not Just Writing!
Let’s Chat About Writing User Stories… Or NotAlright, do you measure the effectiveness of product owners by how much time they devote to writing great user stories? Many do – mo...
How to Overcome Resistance to Change in Agile Transformations
Agile transformations often encounter resistance, a natural response to change, particularly in the context of organizations. Agile coaches and leaders play a crucial role in na...
Unlocking Innovation and Autonomy: The Critical Role of Psychological Safety in Agile Teams
The Agile Compassby Matthias Orgler Have you ever wondered why some agile teams soar to new heights of innovation and efficiency, while others struggle to find their rhythm? Th...
Rapid Experiments vs. Big Upfront Planning
What is better: An iterative approach with rapid experiments and lots of failures, or a cautious big upfront planning trying to sketch a perfect solution while avoiding risks? ...
? Stop arguing over frameworks and methodologies!
These are NOT what makes you agile. ? The grass is always greener on the other side. Debating whether scrum or kanban or something else is better will not get you anywhere. Sur...
How long is your backlog?
If you start having trouble finding stories – or wondering whether the story is already in there somewhere – your backlog is probably too long ? The idea of a product backlog i...
Are you afraid of user feedback?
While sprint reviews or system demos are meant to focus on feedback from users, so that you can deliver more value… …some PMs and POs are afraid that user feedback could challe...
Have the damn guts to walk out on a meeting!
Take responsibility for your own productive time! Agility is about autonomy. Autonomy means you‘re responsible for your time. Sitting through meetings just because somebody in...
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