Why Self-Organizing Teams are Better
People seem to be easily confused about the concept of self-organizing teams. They confuse it with self-forming, self-directed and self-managing. What do all these terms mean? Are they all the…
Help Your Agile Team Overcome Learned Helplessness
Learned Helplessness There is a well-established process for domesticating young elephants that demonstrates the process of learned helplessness everywhere including organizations and agile teams. When elephants are young they are…
Using Reality-Based Forecasting in Agile Project Management
Introduction Traditional approaches for estimating projects are ineffective and as a result, no one believes or trusts them. Worse, traditional projects are frequently on schedule right up until they are…
Don’t Overlook this Requirement for High Performing Teams
Most leaders would claim that they want high-performing teams but many of them don't know what it takes to create them. In some cases, leaders actually behave in ways that…
Your How-To Guide For Success with an Agile Methodology
Looking for resources to help you succeed with Scrum or another Agile Methodology? You’ve come to the right place. Bookmark this guide and leverage it for all questions you have…
Trying to be Indispensable? Stop it!
I received an email last week that had the subject line, "Become Indispensable to Your Organization”. It bothered me all week. Why did it bother me? Did they really mean…