Product Owner And Product Manager – Brothers In Arms
A lot of words have been spoken, written or recorded about the role of Product Owner (PO). So many that it’s hard to imagine that there is an empty spot for a new word or thought. However, when I inte ...
Key skills for exceptional facilitation (PART 4)
PART 4 7. Holds Space for the Participants Skills required: Presence: Being fully present and attentive to the participants throughout the facilitation process Empathy: Showing un ...
Case study 4 – Transforming an international bank with Scrum
Scrum is a well-known Agile framework whose origins date to the late last century. It has gained momentum with the popularization of the Agile approach to software development in the first and second ...
Case Study 3: Scrum is not working for us, give us Kanban
This is a story that will show how an Agile framework, although very popular and heavily employed, is not a panacea, cannot cure all diseases nor can be a good fit for any development team. Though ...
Case Study 2: Cumbersome and long discovery turned lean
This time we’ll have two different clients in a single case study. The reason for this is that those two companies had so much in common, shared very similar problems, and were burdened with look-alik ...
Key skills for exceptional facilitation (PART 3)
PART 3 5. Observes and Addresses Dysfunction Skills required: Observation: Keen observation skills to notice any signs of dysfunction or group dynamics issues. Intervention Techn ...
Case Study 1 – From Chaos to Clockwork
Initial problem At the first meeting with the key stakeholders, they pointed out that their main challenge is that there’s no control whatsoever over the output of the teams. They could not plan la ...
Key skills for exceptional facilitation (PART 2)
PART 2 3. Guides the Group Through the Process Skills required: Process Knowledge: Deep understanding of facilitation processes and frameworks (e.g., Scrum, Agile methodologies). ...