Coaching in Jello and Glass

Coaching and playing Scrum Master for an agile/scrum team in the midst of a multi-national company with strong IT skills-based, enterprise-wide teams (PMO, BA’s, etc.) is an ongoing challenge between gel (still mostly liquid), jello (sort-of solid, transparent), and glass (it might be transparent, but it isn’t malleable anymore). My current product team develops theContinueContinue reading “Coaching in Jello and Glass”

Retrospectives

In the world of agile software development, and the scrum framework in particular, frequent retrospective sessions with the team are a natural part of our work cycle. As scrum master and coach, I bring the team together to discuss how we are getting along with each other, whether we need to tweak our process toContinueContinue reading “Retrospectives”

Agile Living & Life Changing

What a difference a month can make! A month ago, I resigned from a contract as a project manager tracking about 50 projects. It was rote, shallow, and lacked the depth I longed for. A month ago, I worked from home, from my apartment in Braga, and sat on my duff for about 8-9 hoursContinueContinue reading “Agile Living & Life Changing”

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