How to give feedback correctly

How to give feedback correctly

One of the basic skills of members of agile teams is the ability to give feedback to their colleagues. However, basic agile approach training usually does not provide any guidance on how to provide feedback. And so it happens that the transmission of feedback sometimes ends in the emotions of both participants or, in the

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Muda or 7 Types of Waste in Software Production

Muda or 7 Types of Waste in Software Production

Anyone who has ever dealt with Lean has probably encountered seven types of waste (Muda). And since Lean was originally created for industrial production, at first it was more difficult for me to find out how these 7 types of waste would be transferred to software production.  Personally, an article on the kanbanize.com website helped

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My experience with team scaling

My experience with team scaling

It turns out that it is not uncommon for a scrum team to grow to such a size that the advantages of having a team together all the time disappear and the overhead begins to increase. We will look at how to deal with such a situation as simply as possible and avoid inconvenience in

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How many teams can an agile coach have at once?

How many teams can an agile coach have at once?

In a number of companies, people have recently started to fill themselves in the role of agile coaches on a large scale. For example, in connection with the Spotify “framework”, we often encounter questions about how the role of an agile coach differs from a scrum master. Is the difference between these roles really just

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Illusions about team performance and fragmented focus

Illusions about team performance and fragmented focus

This problem appears in almost every of the large companies that start with agility. The team has too many requests in progress than it can handle with the current number of people. Sometimes people in the team just slip into opening more and more requests. Elsewhere, part of the company culture is also distrustful of

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how can business leadership help agile transformation succeed

How can business leadership help agile transformation succeed?

Much has been written on the topic of agility of development and business teams. However, it is rare to talk about what helps agility in the company at the level of the company’s management. At the same time, the involvement of the company’s top management in agile transformation is crucial to its success. Therefore, in

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PRODUCT OWNER

Product Owner and company inspiration resources

In companies where we focus on agile transformations, customers often deal with how to fill the roles of product owners. Future product owners are most often recruited from among their own employees. The role from which the product owner applies is different. Sometimes they are product or project managers, sometimes analysts, sometimes IT team leaders.

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