Agile Principle #1 | Continuous value delivery
The Agile Manifesto is turning twenty-one years old this year and I figured a great celebration would be bringing a post every month on each of the Agile principles. You […]
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Why be afraid of the word Agile?
Words were created to inform and communicate. How precise words are is what helps people to have cleaner and more complex communication. Agile is a word that says a lot
From Daily Standup to Daily Cafe
I already introduced in another post the importance of Cadences and Daily Standup to give the team a rhythm and a moment to synchronize. Any Agile framework will introduce this
Every Agile team should adopt #noestimates
How many story points should your team be delivering? That’s the sort of questions I heard more than enough when helping new teams. I see metrics deriving from it and
Meetings that suck? Know that facilitation is a skill
We’ve all been there: lack of participation. Or people talking over each other. Not everybody shows up. The meeting takes very long. Some of us where actually hosting the meeting
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Muda | Muri | Mura
Continuous improvement is the name we give to the practice of making sure our ways of working keep evolving, leading us to be more effective and our work to have
Setting the bar high for your teams
In 2018 I had the pleasure to present for the first time at the Agile Tour Montreal an event that is much celebrated by the francophone in Quebec: Agility in
3 things every Agile Coach should stand for
There are 3 things I consider paramount in the stance of an Agile Coach. To some they seem controversial, to others, a rather obvious choice. One thing is for sure,
The 5 stages of a retrospective
Everyone who worked with me know of my strong appreciation for retrospectives. It does not matter if a team is running on Scrum, I think this is a practice for
Retrospectives are not Postmortems
Postmortem is a Latin vernacular meaning after death. It originated on the medical field and is the technique or public inquiry to investigate a dead body and determine its cause