Its a catastrophe – the doctor’s office

I have been publishing a couple of suggestions for dealing with “catastrophes” and also “minor impediments” with agile teams. In each case I either shared some questions or put some boxes on a wall. In the last two articles, I stole someone else’s simple approach and re-framed it as a problem solving or “catastrophe” re-framing […]

Its a catastrophe – option 2

I recently published a way for team coaches to help a person or team convert a “Catastrophe” into a plan of attack. This is another approach to doing the same thing.

My (dodgy) agile maturity model

Recently, some people asked me if I used an agile maturity model. I guess this should not come as a surprise because agile has gone mainstream. Organisations are now struggling with how to create a consistent and effective approach to implementing agile practices. A maturity model is a good way of assessing whether a team […]

Its a catastrophe – how does an agile coach respond?

In this series of articles I will provide suggestions for helping people tackle problems and “catastrophes.” In each case I either provide some open questions or “a couple of boxes on a wall.”

5 and 10 finger voting

I previously looked at the “MVP” of democracy – voting with a thumb. Now I am looking at the concepts of 5 finger voting and 10 finger voting.

Thumb based voting

Not everything in coaching is based on complex psychology and systems thinking. Sometimes you just want want a quick way to make a group decision, assess data or gather people’s reactions to an idea. One of the quickest ways to assess an idea is to ask for a show of hands. I leaned this one […]