by agileinitiatives | Jan 18, 2021 | Agile Benefits, Scrum Master, Scrum Team Values
Scrum Masters – the world, particularly the United States of America has need of you! America needs you to do your thing, help teams of people to solve complex problems by working together to identify the problem, prioritize it, create a solution, and implement it. ...
by agileinitiatives | May 1, 2020 | COVID-19, Retrospective, Scrum Team Values, Scrum Team Values, Star Wars
This retrospective has been adapted for complete virtual/ remote use since most of the world is still working from home in May 2020. This is a great Retrospective to help your team grow stronger as a team, remind them what the Scrum values are; openness, respect,...
by agileinitiatives | May 1, 2020 | Cinco de Mayo, COVID-19, Openness, Retrospective, Uncategorized
I made a few adjustments to this Retrospective since this year most of the world is still in work from home mode. This one is completely remote/virtual friendly. When your team needs to be reminded that they are part of a bigger picture than just themselves or when...
by agileinitiatives | Feb 25, 2020 | Empiricism, Hidden Figures, Retrospective, Themed Retrospective, Themed Snacks
WHO: Does your team resist measuring things, or do they only want to share the good and hide the rest? Do they complain about having to measure anything or think that if they do they will loose sight of customer needs, pain points, the product and/or get lost in all...
by agileinitiatives | Dec 9, 2019 | Christmas, Retrospective, Themed Retrospective, Themed Snacks, Year End Review Goal Setting
This Retrospective is perfect for teams just starting out and those experienced with Agile/ Scrum as well as everyone in between. It is a great time to share some Christmas/Holiday themed snacks (here is a great board of ideas), and take stock of the past year while...
by agileinitiatives | Jul 19, 2019 | Scrum Master
I probably see this question asked more than any other on all of the Scrum Master groups that I am in and it isn’t a sentence or two answer so I thought I’d weigh in here and link to it. So you have a PSM or CSM certificate – congratulations! But,...
by agileinitiatives | Jun 10, 2019 | Big Bang Theory, Retrospective, Themed Retrospective, Themed Snacks, Working Agreement
Have you ever considered how Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory could help your team to create a working agreement? Particularly one that is thorough but not too detailed? Does your team even have a working agreement? If yes, have they taken a few minutes in the last...
by agileinitiatives | May 17, 2019 | Agile Benefits, Cinco de Mayo
One of the many benefits of Agile is the concept “fail fast, learn faster, Innovate”. There are two things I particularly like about it. Did you ever have a teacher that said, “there is no such thing as a stupid question”? I did, and I tend to...
by agileinitiatives | May 17, 2019 | Cinco de Mayo, Openness, Retrospective, Scrum Team Values, Themed Retrospective
When your team needs to be reminded that they are part of a bigger picture than just themselves or when they need to identify the ripple effects and how they might impact them and/or when they face impossible odds this is the Retrospective for you. Also great when the...
by agileinitiatives | Feb 18, 2019 | Assumptions, Fast & Furious, Retrospective, Uncategorized
This retrospective was created to use when you notice your team working off of assumptions particularly with their attitudes and impacting their decisions. It is helpful during buy-outs, mergers, company structure changes, or any time lots of rumors and speculation...
