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Agile, Kanban, Scrum, iterations, retrospectives etc. Working in an agile way is something I’ve done for years. Here I share my experiences. Enjoy!

Sprint Plan

Posted on September 12, 2019October 13, 2020 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Ah, the plans… You spent hours preparing them and then… eh…

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Killing daily meeting (one dev at a time)

Posted on August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Daily meeting can go horribly wrong. One of the anti-patterns is to follow the “dev by dev” approach. There are better ways.

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Team feedback – retrospective with goReflect

Posted on January 27, 2019November 8, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

My experiences of using goReflect to run remote retrospective. Worked really well for me.

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High WIP? Frustration guaranteed!

Posted on October 18, 2018October 13, 2020 by Tomek Kaczanowski

With too many tasks opened at the same time the only thing you achieve is a huge amount of frustration. Control your WIP or suffer.

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A penalty for high WIP, or why spreading yourself thin will kill you

Posted on October 16, 2018November 1, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Too many tasks opened lead to various problems. Let us have a closer look at them.

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What is WIP (Work in Progress)

Posted on October 14, 2018October 13, 2020 by Tomek Kaczanowski

WiP – Work In Progress. You better make sure you keep it at reasonable level.

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Remote retro with RetroTool

Posted on September 13, 2018November 8, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Today we run our first remote retrospective using http://retrotool.io for cards & http://zoom.us for video conferencing. The context: two people developing remotely, after 1,5 week of work, we met to discuss how we are doing We decided to use the http://retrotool.io. Why this one? Few reasons: it is dead simple it seems to work it…

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The carpet that bothered them

Posted on September 3, 2018November 8, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

What are retrospectives good for? Surprisingly, even for teams that discuss things together on a daily basis, a meeting devoted to process improvement can make a difference.

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3 Daily Scrum Questions Considered Harmful

Posted on June 13, 2018August 15, 2019 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Still using 3 standard questions for your daily Scrum? Oh, bad news for you: you are doing it wrong.

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Transparency in Scrum and Sociocracy 3.0

Posted on June 8, 2018September 29, 2020 by Tomek Kaczanowski

The different approach to transparency by Scrum and Sociocracy 3.0.

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