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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).

The Progress Principle: Making Progress in Meaningful Work

Posted on November 14, 2022November 14, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

The progress principle says that the most important factor for engagement is making progress in meaningful work. Based on work by Teresa Amabile

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Feedback or Pats on the Back?

Posted on August 31, 2022November 4, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

How to know your teams will be OK? Learn about their internal feedback mechanism.

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Don’t Burn the Committees…

Posted on July 20, 2022November 14, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Aren’t you 100% happy with what your organisation gives you? Well, take what is good there and create something that suits you better.

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Sprint Sheriff

Posted on May 17, 2021November 8, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Try rotating your team roles in a round-robin fashion. Each sprint have a different team member responsible for repeatable (and often mundane) activities.

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Simple & Powerful Sprint Capacity Planning Technique

Posted on February 2, 2021February 8, 2021 by Tomek Kaczanowski

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.

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Team Leader Toolbox – Book Announcement

Posted on February 10, 2020February 9, 2021 by Tomek Kaczanowski

I’m writing a book about tools & techniques useful for software team leaders. Do you want to help me?

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Two Approaches to Daily Meeting

Posted on January 19, 2020November 2, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

The 2 most popular ways to run daily meetings (but you should use the 2nd one!)

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1 Week Sprint – After Few Weeks.

Posted on October 12, 2019February 7, 2021 by Tomek Kaczanowski

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.

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1 Week Sprint Hurts. But in a Valuable Way.

Posted on September 16, 2019October 13, 2020 by Tomek Kaczanowski

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.

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My X Is Better Than Your Y!

Posted on August 30, 2019November 2, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

How not to waste time on pointless discussion about personal preferences? Use consent and experiments to bypass them.

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