One quote that has stayed with me ever since I read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey is from Viktor Frankl: “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”― Viktor E. Frankl Habitually, […]
Author: Rachel Hanley
The content on this page has been gathered from a free EBM training course delivered by Agile for Humans (Evidence-Based Management – Free EBM Training Course ) Here is the white paper from Scrum.org. (Evidence-Based Management™ (EBM) ) These are some related recordings from a meetup I attended: 4 Mistakes We Make with Goals (and […]
In team refinement sessions, conversation and collaboration are key. As a Scrum Master, I’ve witnessed hundreds of hours of refinement sessions. What I observe, across a wide range of teams, is often a member of the team (most likely a business analyst or product owner/manager) gathers requirements from a team on the fly, sharing their […]
This page has been created following attending this meet-up Interpreting Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFDs) with Mark Grove We all work in a flow fashion, and we know optimising flow leads to higher throughput. Why is this important? If valuable work is flowing through a system, optimising flow could lead to the delivery of value sooner. […]
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Flow Metrics Explained
When I think about measuring agility, flow metrics instantly spring to mind. We ultimately want to measure our time to market, which is our delivery rate. I.e. how quickly can we take an idea and get it into the hands of a customer? Several metrics help paint this picture, this page is designed to give […]
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5 Thieves of Time
In her book Making Work Visible, Dominica DeGrandis explains how to optimize workflow for both yourself and your team. She explains the power of limiting work in progress to drive things to completion. There are 5 Thieves of Time Too much Work in Progress (WIP) What is it? Reasons we have it: Why it matters? […]
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Autonomy, Mastery & Purpose
The topic of Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose came about in the Alamy Product and Technology teams channel when I prompted if there were any agenda items for an upcoming COP session. Head of Technology posted: It is often said that the way to get great outcomes from any business is to give individuals – Autonomy, […]
I ran through an exercise today in the Alamy COP I had used in the past and learned from Mark Summers at Beliminal. It was designed to help teach a format around generating change experiments relating to common (processes, relationships, tasks etc.) tensions in organisations. Introduction In change management, it is totally normal and even […]
A few months ago my husband decided to grow some Japanese Sakura trees. He went through both the stratification and germination steps and about 5 weeks ago the seedlings were ready to be planted. Maybe it is because I have been working from home and walking past the pots a good few times everyday, or […]
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Shu ha ri
A Learning Model is a device designed to guide you through the process of acquiring and applying a specific set of information Learning models can provide insight into where your peers are in their own agile journeys Different individuals will acquire skills at different rates Shu ha ri Originated in ancient Japan Designed to describe […]