The progress principle says that the most important factor for engagement is making progress in meaningful work. Based on work by Teresa Amabile
Tag: team
How does a team differ from a group of people working on a common goal? You will find some insights into the development of teams (especially of software development teams).
Feedback or Pats on the Back?
How to know your teams will be OK? Learn about their internal feedback mechanism.
Don’t Burn the Committees…
Aren’t you 100% happy with what your organisation gives you? Well, take what is good there and create something that suits you better.
Sprint Sheriff
Try rotating your team roles in a round-robin fashion. Each sprint have a different team member responsible for repeatable (and often mundane) activities.
Simple & Powerful Sprint Capacity Planning Technique
A simple trick that could help you better predict the capacity of your next sprints. All you need to do is to gather some more data about the past ones.
Team Leader Toolbox – Book Announcement
I’m writing a book about tools & techniques useful for software team leaders. Do you want to help me?
Two Approaches to Daily Meeting
The 2 most popular ways to run daily meetings (but you should use the 2nd one!)
1 Week Sprint – After Few Weeks.
1 week sprint is enough to get things done once you get a hang of it. Give it a try and see how your team improves.
1 Week Sprint Hurts. But in a Valuable Way.
Is 1 Week Sprint a good or a bad idea? There is only one way to find out. It works fine for us. Here are the pros and cons.
My X Is Better Than Your Y!
How not to waste time on pointless discussion about personal preferences? Use consent and experiments to bypass them.