If agile is all about continuous improvement, it certainly is all about six sigma. Differently from waterfall methodologies, where we have one big planning cycle followed by execution and lessons learned, agile methodologies work as small PDCA cycles, for planning,... Continue lendo →
After creating your team's social contract and setting your meetings, team's climate and communication improvements may already be felt, but, as a good Agile team, you must always ask: How do I get better? There are several answers to these... Continue lendo →
It may not be easy when you think it at first, as, how will I set a schedule with a team, if members can be on India, China, US, Brazil. But don't discard the idea without try. With Agile practices,... Continue lendo →
When I talk about social contracts on my workshops, I always remember people that we are social, we need contracts to live in society, it's not different inside a team. For new teams formation, social contracts are fundamental to ensure... Continue lendo →
According to a Practical Guide to Distributed Scrum, there are 7 rules for these teams: Don't; Don't treat distributed teams as local; Don't treat local teams as distributed; Latitude hurts, longitude kills; Don't be always remote; Invest in the right... Continue lendo →
Something interesting that I've noticed since I started an Agile transformation is that constructing a base is fundamental when you want to improve your team, local or remote. The base for any high performance or agile team needs to contains... Continue lendo →
It's been a time since my last post, but it's always good to be back! End of year, together with an Agile Transformation ongoing, it's a lot of work. They say the year in Brazil only starts after Carnival, well,... Continue lendo →
How to keep a high performance team motivated after each project? The answer is simple and fun: Celebrate! After the team is formed and stabilized, working on a project after other may put the team on a never ending cycle,... Continue lendo →
When we talk about cross-functional teams, we talk about people from different areas working together. We can have a project team with people from Systems, Database, Middleware, or even people from management areas working with technical people. And, why is... Continue lendo →
