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Inaugural Scrum Coach Retreat Sydney
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Agile Team Energiser: Rock,Paper,Scissors,Lizard,Spock
Thu, Mar 2nd 2017 5
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Using graffiti to build high-performing teams.
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Four free Agile resources that you should know about (but probably don’t!)
Mon, Oct 17th 2016 9
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Agile Tour Sydney 2016 – call for facilitators
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How popular are Agile Certifications with employers?
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The Rubber Chicken and other ways to get Agile meetings started on time
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Four free Agile resources that you should know about (but probably don’t!)
Mon, Oct 17th 2016 9
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Inaugural Scrum Coach Retreat Sydney
Sun, Apr 2nd 2017 9
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Agile Tour Sydney 2016 – call for facilitators
Tue, Oct 4th 2016 8
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Yow Sydney 2015
Sun, Nov 15th 2015 7
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Agile and The Black Swan
Fri, Jul 8th 2016 7
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The Rubber Chicken and other ways to get Agile meetings started on time
Tue, Jul 26th 2016 7
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Adventures of Agile Adoption in Australia – Speakers Panel Discussion
Tue, Dec 1st 2015 6
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Agile Australia 2016 dates announced
Thu, Oct 1st 2015 6
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Spice up the Monday morning stand-up
Sun, Jan 17th 2016 6
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The Project Manager – conductor or one-man band?
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Inaugural Scrum Coach Retreat Sydney
Sun, Apr 2nd 2017 9:38p Ethann Castell
The Scrum Alliance is hosting the inaugural Sydney Scrum Coach Retreat from May 5 – 7 in Coogee. It’s 2 1/2 days of deep-dive learning combined with many opportunities to extend professional relationships within the community. Sounds like a bargain at just over $500. Register now and I’ll see you there.
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Agile Team Energiser: Rock,Paper,Scissors,Lizard,Spock
Thu, Mar 2nd 2017 5:35a Ethann Castell
Most people are familiar with the game Rock, Paper, Scissors – a simple game where two participants compete with hand gestures representing each of the aforementioned objects, and a simple set of rules for determining which object beats the other.
Recently I came across an extended version of the game called Rock,Paper,Scissors,Lizard,Spock which appears to have first appeared on The Big Bang Theory. As you might expect, this version of the game introduces two additional hand gestures; |
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Using graffiti to build high-performing teams.
Mon, Feb 27th 2017 8:11a Ethann Castell
There’s one thing that strikes me about close-knit, high-performing teams. They seem to have an internal language that people outside of the group have trouble understanding. So how can the use of grafitti encourage the development of this internal language?
Well-known author Steve McConnell wrote about this in his book Rapid Development:Taming Wild Software Schedules.
Like a lot of other teams, we had a set of in-jokes and rituals that people outside the team had a hard time understand |
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Four free Agile resources that you should know about (but probably don’t!)
Mon, Oct 17th 2016 7:52p Ethann Castell
There are lots of free Agile resources on the internet. However not all information is created equal. Frankly a lot of the stuff out there is just click-bait designed to get you to buy a product or service. But there are good sources lots of good information out there.
I’m going to assume that you’ve read the Agile Manifesto and The Scrum Guide, and that you are familiar with sites such as The Scrum Alliance, Scrum.org and Mountain Goat Software. Today I’m going to share |
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Agile Tour Sydney 2016 – call for facilitators
Tue, Oct 4th 2016 5:50p Ethann Castell
The Agile Tour Sydney is on again on November 14. For 2016 there’s a change of venue to the Aerial UTS Function Centre in Sydney. So only 40 sleeps to go before the big day. The call has now gone out for nominations from those who would like to run a workshop on the day. So if you’ve got a good idea or a burning topic to share then get to it and submit your idea now.
The Agile Tour is one of my favorite Agile events of the year and extremely good value at only $100 per ticket (t |
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How popular are Agile Certifications with employers?
Mon, Aug 8th 2016 6:28a Ethann Castell
Certifications can be a controversial topic. Get a bunch of Agile practitioners together, and if the topic should turn to certifications, then a heated debate often follows.
Some folks love certifications and see much value in them. Others don’t think that they’re worth the paper they are written on.
Regardless of your personal opinion about the value of certifications, if employers or clients are looking for certain certifications, then this tends to drive all but the most strident |
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The Rubber Chicken and other ways to get Agile meetings started on time
Tue, Jul 26th 2016 6:21p Ethann Castell
In a typical Agile or Scrum environment if there’s one thing that reduces productivity and efficiency, its people being late for meetings. Valuable minutes, which soon add up to hours and days, are lost while the team waits for the stragglers to arrive.
Waste = bad
Waiting is one of the sevens wastes of Muda, as categorized by Taiichi Ohno within the Toyota production system. Lean teaches us to focus on eliminating all waste, so working to get meetings started on time is a great way |
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