After volunteering at the Regional Scrum Gathering (RSG) in Sydney in 2023, I always wanted to go to another RSG… and as soon as I possibly could. In this post I will detail my experience in going to RSG Tokyo. Living in Australia means that everything (yes, everything!) is far away. Travelling to the USA…
The purpose of the Sprint Retrospective is to plan ways to increase quality and effectiveness. What? The purpose of the Sprint Retrospective is to plan ways to increase quality and effectiveness. The scrum team inspects how the last Sprint went with regards to individuals, interactions, processes, tools, and their Definition of Done. Inspected elements often…
In this article, we’ll talk about how to effectively run a Daily Scrum (a.k.a. “stand-up”) as well as offer great tips and tricks that you can use. This will hopefully will make your stand-ups (and your overall agile experience) awesome! What? The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute event for the Developers of the Scrum Team….
Here is a list of podcasts that I regularly listen to. They have helped me progress my career by increasing my learning and exposure on areas that I might not have encountered. https://agilecoachescorner.libsyn.com/ Agile Coaches’ Corner shares practical concepts in an approachable way. It is for agile practitioners and business leaders seeking expert advice on…
In September 2023, I became a Scrum Alliance Certified Team Coach (CTC). This post summarises my journey. Hopefully you can learn something from it if you are applying but, almost certainly, your journey will be different. In this post I will explain why! Applying to become a Certified Team Coach At a high level, the…
In November 2022, it was announced that not only would a Regional Scrum Gathering be coming to my country, but it would also be hosted in my hometown! Sydney! After reading Jan Neudecker’s post on the Scrum Alliance website – I decided to apply to be a volunteer. How I experienced #GSGLIS22 as a “Magical…
As an Agile Coach, I consider myself fortunate to support people working in AI (artificial intelligence). During a recent workshop, I needed to create a 15-minute group icebreaker for three squads in a hybrid situation. Rather than design a new icebreaker or re-use an icebreaker that I had used before, I decided to use ChatGPT….
The background for this activity is that my Agile Tribe was doubling in size. We were going from 4 squads (40 people) up to 8 squads (80 people) and I was asked to create an icebreaker that allowed the people in existing squads to get to know people new to the Tribe. Initially I was…