If you already know what a Sprint Goal is, skip this paragraph. Still here? Well, then. Allow me to explain what a Sprint Goal is before we talk about what a weak Sprint Goals are. Sometimes, software teams work in short bursts of anywhere from 1-4 weeks. These periods are called Sprints. During this time, […]
As the madman throws the switch on the wall, the room is flooded with light. Your senses are assaulted with the gruesome display laid on the slab before you. Try as you might, you can’t make sense of it. The madman darts between arcane charts, graphs, and measurements, excitedly explaining the unexplainable. The thing before
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You have a strange feeling as you walk down the dim hallway. Something doesn’t seem quite right. No matter how much you try, you can’t seem to remember anything about the team you are looking for. They were formed months ago, you are sure of it, but despite all the progress updates and planning meetings,
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You stand at the top of the stairs, staring down into the dark abyss. Nothing human would choose to live down there. As you descend the stairs into the gloom, you hear a clicking sound coming from somewhere within the dark catacombs, as if a cauldron of bats resides within.You steel yourself, and press on.
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The lights go out. You wave your arms wildly. The light returns. It’s those darn motion sensing lights. You must’ve stayed late again. You look around. Weird. Kevin is still here. Maybe it’s not as late as you thought. He’s not moving. You call out to him.“Kevin! Hey, man, you still breathing?” You ask.“Yeah, still
In my career as an agile coach, I have constantly struggled with empathy. I habitually default to problem solving, and problem solving is not an empathetic position. Often, that materializes as, “I don’t have time to acknowledge how you feel. I need to fix your thinking.” Shocker! I didn’t get a lot of traction that
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How many agile engagements have I been a part of and satisfied with in the end? Zero. This isn’t because I seek perfection. No. I’ve been at this long enough to manage my expectations way lower than that. Regardless, I still get frustrated and disappointed when I try and fail to implement a decent framework.
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In my time in the Air Force we had a saying, “You’re wrong.” It meant something was wrong with your uniform, or maybe it was something you were or were not doing. It was kind of a not so low key signal to check yourself. When I was a little airman first-class at my first
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