I have to admit that I don't follow Football news. However, this story caught my eye. When Nigel Atkins was terminated as manager at Southampton, he lefthis players with a positive message on the dressing-room wall before he cleared out his office. These nuggets of advice could be used by agile coaches too! I particularly like "Keep Looking to Improve" as it encourages us to keep our eyes and minds...
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Larry Wall wrote in Programming Perl "We will encourage you to develop the three great virtues of a programmer: laziness, impatience, and hubris." Laziness is defined as the quality...
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People often ask me for tips on sustaining a career as an independent agile coach. My number one tip is try to think about the service you provide from the outside-in. I mean, as Dan...
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The art of product planning is to uncover what you need to build to the best product you can with the resources available to you - it's a balancing act. What makes this challenging...
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Being an Agile Coach is challenging in many ways. You have to balance many things (see Olaf Lewitz recent post Spotting the Balance) as you work with different teams and stay true to...
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As an agile coach, you're bound to encounter a few skeptics in the teams and organisations you work with. Although sometimes it seems that skeptics are doomsayers bringing a cloud of...
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A good craftsman needs to take care of his tools, to keep them oiled and sharp. As an Agile Coach, you don't have any obvious physical tools apart from your trusty notebook and pen...
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One of the questions we explore in my "Agile Coaching Skills" training course is when to adapt your coaching style. I draw an arrow running from Directive to Non-Directive, like the...
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Often I get called in to coach teams who have been trying to implement Scrum and are struggling to deliver on their commitments by the end of the sprint.They agree what features should...
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When we start work with a new team, we bring a fresh pair of eyes. We see many things that we'd like to improve and many problems to be addressed. Part of our job, as an agile coach,...
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Today I ran a workshop ideas to explore how to slice epic-sized user stories at Redgate in Cambridge. I'm going to share some of what we covered with you in this blog. In my work as...
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Many people are now moving into agile coach roles and looking for ways to improve their skills. In response to this demand, I've developed an Agile Coaching Skills workshop aimed at...
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Next week, I'll be involved in discussions over who gets the Agile Alliance's Gordon Pask awards. I'm writing this blog to bust a few myths about the award and selection process. Despite...
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