So you want to be a CST?
There was a really good session at the Scrum Gathering’s Open Space on some of the challenges around the CST application process.Read More
Certified Scrum Coach (CSC) – What you need to know
I started filling out my CSC (Certified Scrum Coach) application almost a year ago and then I stopped due to fear, uncertainty, and doubt. I had been using Scrum for quite a while and successfully transitioned a number of teams, but didn’t understand the process and have any context around it to understand how to be successful and even if I should bother. Read More
Artful Making Workshop with Lee Devin
The workshop was nothing short of amazing. Lee Devin took a group of us through a 5 hour deep-dive into the key skills used by actors to create and collaborate. What Lee calls Artful Making (see book for more). This is 100% applicable for Agile teams and this has immediately become part of my toolkit for fostering creativity and much more. Read More
Fearless Change – Patterns for introducing new ideas
I first read Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas by Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising when it first came out many years ago as part of Scrum Toronto book reading club. It has been an important source of ideas that have allowed me to successfully adopt Agile at many companies. This is an essential part of any change agent’s toolkit.Read More
Agile Assessment Kickoff Presentation
Yesterday, Gerry Kirk and I kicked off a 4 day Agile Assessment with a presentation aimed at taking some of the uncertainty out of Agile and providing context for the transition/assessment. See slides below. Read More
Munich 2009 Scrum Gathering Roundup
I was really excited to see the presentations from the Munich Scrum Gathering posted on the ScrumAlliance site since I was not able to attend due to a date conflict with Agile Tour Toronto. It took some time to go through all of them so I thought I would post some of the ones I found interesting here to encourage you to check them out and maybe some others. A big thank-you to the Scrum Alliance and authors for posting them. Read More
Powerful Questions and Powerful Requests
Finally, the last in my series of visual notes from Agile 2009. Not my best, but I wanted to share my thoughts about the session. Read More
Coaching Self-Organizing Teams
Joseph Pelrine gave a really interesting session on “Coaching Self-Organizing Teams” at Agile 2009. (Mark Levison wrote about the pre-cursor to this session last year.)Read More
Nice to be appreciated
I finished work at a client on Friday.
Agile Kick Start and Agile Games Day – Announcing Two Workshops October 19th and 21st
As one of the organizers of Agile Tour Toronto I was thrilled with our success in attracting attendees – we sold out a month before the conference. We decided that we would rather have a smaller conference with a good experience rather than a larger one that is more than we can manage in our first year running it. Read More
Coaching and Producing Value
David Hussman gave a great session on coaching called “Coaching and Producing Value” at Agile 2009. Read More
Games and tough questions for Agile Adoption
Luiz Claudio Parzianello and Rafael Prikladnicki gave a talk at Agile 2009 titled “Logical Levels and Statistical Games: A Powerful Strategy for Agile Adoption”. Slides are available here. Read More
