What every manager should know about feedback- April 28, 2007 Wanna know Read it here: My article What Every Manager Needs to Know About Feedback is posted at CIO.com.http://www.estherderby.com/weblog/2007/04/what-every-manager-should-know-about.html Two more ways to gather data in retrospectives- April 28, 2007 If you've been holding iteration retrospectives for a while, you know that timelines get old after a while. But when team skip the data part, each person works from his own data (which other people may not know) and his own interpretations (which other people may not share). That means that the team is less likely to come up with actions that have broad support. So here are two more fairly quick ways to gather data for an iteration retrospective.Diana describes FRIM, an activity that looks at...http://www.estherderby.com/weblog/2007/04/two-more-ways-to-gather-data-in.html Agile Retrospectives review- April 20, 2007 I just came across this nice review (written by Brad Appleton) of Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great on AgileJournal.com. For me, "useful" is the highest praise for a book.http://www.estherderby.com/weblog/2007/04/agile-retrospectives-review.html Secrets of Agile Teamwork June 5-7, 2007- April 9, 2007 Diana and I are offering Secrets of Agile Teamwork this June 5-7, 2007 in Portland, Oregon. This is a public workshop, open to 12 people. We'll be focusing on the interpersonal skills that enable people to be effective team members. We'll be looking at communication, conflict, shared leadership, and forming and nurturing teams. If you want to be the best team member, ScrumMaster, or coach you can be, join us for three days of learning and fun. Download a registration form here.http://www.estherderby.com/weblog/2007/04/secrets-of-agile-teamwork-june-5-7-2007.html Overcoming "resistance"- April 8, 2007 Back in February, I wrote a post on helping people change and pointed to George Dinwiddie's post on Overcoming Resistance. His post has grown up to be an article, and it's posted on the AYE Conference website.http://www.estherderby.com/weblog/2007/04/overcoming-resistance.html When is it time to move someone off a team- April 5, 2007 When I talk to teams about self-organizing, people worry about what to do when some one on the team isnt working out. If were a team, they posit, we have to work things out so we can work together. Not necessarily so. Teams need to manage team membership so that they can achieve their goals. There are times when teams can work things out to work together. And there are times when someone needs to go. I see four common reasons to move to move someone off a team.When a team member doesnt have the.http://www.estherderby.com/weblog/2007/04/when-is-it-time-to-move-someone-off.html |