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Aug 15, 2022

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Chris Combe (he / him)

+1 to explore slicing for program and portfolio...

+1 to explore slicing for program and portfolio... Def some clues in Jeff Patton's PDF: https://www.jpattonassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/how_you_slice_it.pdf Maybe a little fodder in SA too: https://www.scaledagileframework.com/right-sizing-features-for-safe-program-increments/ > In a subsequent article I’d also like to explore slicing of value at the portfolio level, and getting the entire system to think in terms of slicing by value e.g. a project or an initiative that only spans 2–3 months and the portfolio itself has a WIP limit on it.

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Aug 7, 2022

The Fear and Vulnerability Retrospective

What makes your teammates lose sleep at night? The best way to find out is simple, but not always easy: ask them! In this post, I’ll be presenting a technique — suitable for a retrospective or a lift-off — that opens up channels of communication about the topics of fear…

Retrospectives

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The Fear and Vulnerability Retrospective
The Fear and Vulnerability Retrospective
Retrospectives

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Jul 9, 2022

Cognitive Biases — Subjective Social Reality

It’s amazing we get anything right. When surveyed, 80% of software developers reported they believed their skills were above average. Overestimating one’s desirable qualities (and underestimating undesirable qualities) relative to other people is known as the Illusory Superiority Bias, aka the Lake Wobegon effect, one of many cognitive biases. What exactly is a cognitive bias? …

Decision Making

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Cognitive Biases — Subjective Social Reality
Cognitive Biases — Subjective Social Reality
Decision Making

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Mar 6, 2022

The Power of a Good (User) Story

Ever since the dawn of our species, we’ve told stories. We’ve sung them, told them around campfires, painted them on cave walls, drew them on clay pots and canvases, woven them in tapestries, and carved them into stone. Eventually, we wrote them down. Today, we share stories via sticky notes…

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The Power of a Good (User) Story
The Power of a Good (User) Story

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Mar 3, 2022

Technical Debt — Good or Evil?

Bring up the topic of “technical debt” to a software engineer, a product owner, a stakeholder, or heavens above, the gold owner. What happens? Do you get frowns? Smiles? Nervous fidgeting? Technical Debt is such a loaded, misused, and misunderstood term. I imagine in most conversations when the topic comes…

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Technical Debt — Good or Evil?
Technical Debt — Good or Evil?

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Mar 16, 2021

Crank Your 1-on-1’s Up to Eleven

Make Deeper Connections by Getting a Little Bit Awkward at Your 1:1 Meetings Catalyzing high-performance teams means more than just working with the right people. It’s more than skill and attitude. These days, more than ever, we need to build and nurture resilience. That means getting to know each individual more deeply than we did yesterday. One on ones are all about your…

Teamwork

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Crank Your 1-on-1’s Up to Eleven — Andy Cleff
Crank Your 1-on-1’s Up to Eleven — Andy Cleff
Teamwork

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Jan 28, 2021

The “Thieves of Time” Retrospective

All systems have waste. (See the 3M’s of Waste). It’s because of those dang laws of the universe, sometimes known collectively as “There Ain’t No Free Lunch.” I coach teams to practice the art of Kaizen — to become aware of the drag in their systems and address things incrementally…

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The “Thieves of Time” Retrospective
The “Thieves of Time” Retrospective

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Oct 2, 2020

2020 WTF?! — Let’s Laugh, Learn & Connect

This is an open invitation to participate in an Agile Uprising (soon to be established) tradition of closing out each year with a series. In 2017 the Agile Uprising released the 12 Days of Agile — a dozen podcasts, each chatting about one of the Agile Manifesto Principles (clever, ay?) …

Agile Coaching

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2020 WTF?! — Let’s Laugh, Learn & Connect
2020 WTF?! — Let’s Laugh, Learn & Connect
Agile Coaching

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Jul 19, 2020

Say, Mean, Do: Language of Commitment & Accountability

There are three parts to making a commitment and maintaining accountability: Say How we say (or write) things makes a difference. Both for the listener and the speaker. Non-commitment sounds like this: “I hope to finish it this week.” “Let’s set up a meeting.” “We should take care of that.” “I…

Teamwork

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Say, Mean, Do: Language of Commitment & Accountability
Say, Mean, Do: Language of Commitment & Accountability
Teamwork

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Jun 8, 2020

Intent Based Leadership with L. David Marquet and Andy Worshek

This is the second in a series of conversations that explored effective leadership from a number of different viewpoints. Podcast: https://agileuprising.libsyn.com/intent-based-leadership-with-l-david-marquet-and-andy-worshek Panelists were Andy Worshek and L. David Marquet both with Intent-Based Leadership. Expert on leadership, former submarine commander, and author of Amazon #1 Best Seller: Turn the Ship Around!, Captain David Marquet imagines a workplace where everyone engages and contributes their full intellectual capacity, where people are healthier and happier because they have more control over their work, and where everyone is a leader.

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Intent Based Leadership with L. David Marquet and Andy Worshek
Intent Based Leadership with L. David Marquet and Andy Worshek

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