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Solution Focussed Retrospective
Well, seems my colleague Daniel got the drop on it – but anyway I want to share my thoughts about solution focussed retrospectives. “Solution focussed” is a technique that originates in talking therapy...
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Radiuses of Competency
Last week we had a company-internal workshop with André Häusling, co-author of one of the most famous Agile HR books (German). The workshop was initiated by our HR and titled “Scrum 2.0″. It was ment...
View ArticleAgile in HR Teams
Currently our company puts huge effort on moving towards a really “Agile Organziation”. To my delight this initiave is heavily pushed forward by our HR department, sponsored by the executive board. Two...
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The Kanban Pizza Game at the ScrumTisch Berlin
Yesterday the May, 2012 ScrumTisch happend in Berlin. Although the event was pretty soon fully booked after Marion announced it there where finally only about 20 people attending – that was a bit sad....
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Lean and Agile Principles Everywhere
Since we bought our new house I have plenty of work to do in the garden. For me this is a great chance to reflect. I recognized that there are lean and agile principles everywhere in my live: When we...
View ArticleRetrospective: 42 Tasks for a Scrum Master
Today I had a great retrospective with my team. It was centered around the expectations the team has of my work and it was my goal to gather valuable feedback and hints to improve my work as Scrum...
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Like a mother
Today my company organized a children’s party for the employees kids. About 50 were there and had fun with various games and challenges, sweets, toys, drinks, clowns, BBQ, and a lot of the greatest...
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How we set up an Enterprise Transition Team
The Challenges We are facing a lot of challenges as organization. And we experience that people are unsatisfied how we deal with that. A good explanation might be that we don’t focus on improvements...
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Agile Software Development in the Real World
Last Monday, Daniel Berger and I gave a talk at the “Berlin School of Economics and Law” (FHWR Berlin) for computer science students about “Agile Software Development in the Real World”. The third...
View ArticleAgile like the Death Star
Today Daniel and I gave our talk about Agile Software Development to a group of about 10 highly interested people from our sales department. Our goal was to start a discussion about what Agile...
View ArticleOn Estimation and Planning: Who Cares?
Basically agile estimation and planning is pretty simple. The Product Owner prepares a backlog full of user stories, the developers estimate them, after some sprints the team’s velocity is known – et...
View ArticleTrust, Courage, and Greatness
“So – you’re a ScrumMaster?” I’ve been often asked. “Maybe, but in the end it doesn’t matter”, I replied. Right now I’ve got an even more fancy role title in my organization: “Lean Delivery Agent”. I...
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Culture Fitness Training with Olaf Lewitz
When I first read about Olaf’s Culture Fitness training I knew I want to attend. And guess what: I made it. TL;DR: Was it worth time & money invested? Yes. Why? Well – first of all the participant...
View ArticleGoodbye zanox! Time to move on
After a hilarious four years ride I decided it is time for me to leave my comfort zone again and move on. End of October, in about two weeks, my last day as Lean Delivery Agent at zanox has come....
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Just a stone’s throw between Berlin, Stockholm, and India
The TUI group, with its more than 70000 employees, lots of local organizations in many countries, own hotels, airplanes, and even cruise liners, is on an interesting journey. It is the journey of the...
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