TL; DR I believe the knowledge gap between the rest of the world and the agile community is so great that companies, and the people in them, cannot make an educated evaluation to the value we can ...
Diagnosing a failed retrospective
TL; DR Environment is a precondition of a successful retrospective, and the number one reason why it fails. Beyond that, the reasons come down to people not knowing how to get the most of their re...
What is a good retrospective?
TL; DR I have spoken with many people who do not know what a good retrospective looks like. I can tell you it feels a little awkward, but everyone agrees that something was discovered. Also, the a...
The Workshop I helped Create
TL; DR Zach Bonaker and I made a simulation exercise I am really proud of. It focuses on how the environmental rules determine a team’s success. Here is where you can try it. Photo by Pixabay ...
What is a retrospective?
TL; DR A retrospective serves more than one role for a team. Sometimes by focusing on other things a retrospective does for us, we can glean more from our retrospectives. It is also worthwhile to ...
Using All Contributors ✨ Tools
This post is part of the series All Contributors Project The Magic of 'All Contributors ✨' Using All Contributors ✨ Tools ...
The Magic of 'All Contributors ✨'
TL; DR Giving people recognition is good. The “All Contributors ✨” specification and tool set makes this easy. So please use it and tell people about it. This post is part of the series All ...
Safe Dynamic Sql Generator
TL; DR There is always a desire to dynamically limit the results of large tables. The need to limit, and order columns dynamically. And then, filter on these modified columns. You either have to d...
Pet Peeve
TL; DR Communication, organization, facilitation, and others are technical skills. Photo by fauxels from Pexels Setup I have grown to have a pet peeve. Let me draw an image for you. How many...
Our Team Doesn’t Need to Retro
TL; DR Sometimes as a team becomes successful, and they have had very successful retrospectives, they stop getting value from those retrospectives. Something must change for the team, in i...