Food for Agile Thought’s issue #194—shared with 22,272 peers—takes a look at # NoFrameworks; we apply couple counseling techniques to conflicts in Scrum Teams, and acknowledge that our Sprint board is not a Kanban system.
We also learn from Ocado’s portfolio wall how to improve product development; we analyze why the standard user story template has proven so popular, and we brush up our understanding of servant leadership in product management.
Lastly, we enjoy Phil Plait’s video on how science works—replace ‘science’ with ‘product,’ and you get a handy introduction into contemporary product development approaches for the skeptics in your organization.
Did you miss last week’s Food for Agile Thought’s issue #193?
🏆 The Essential Read
(via TED Talks): The secret to scientific discoveries? Making mistakes
Phil Plait points at how science progresses—through a healthy amount of making and correcting errors.
# NoFrameworks & Scrum
(via DisciplinedAgile): #NoFrameworks: How We Can Take Agile Back
Scott Ambler shares his keynote form the XP2019 conference, addressing the popularity of agile frameworks as well as the collateral damage they cause.
(via Zen Ex Machina): Global Scrum Gathering Austin 2019: Couples Counselling for Teams
Matthew Hodgson shares patterns from psychology on how to manage conflicts in Scrum Teams.
(via Kanbanize Blog): Your Kanban Board is not a Kanban System
Alex Novkov explains how to turn a visual management board—your Sprint board, for example—into a Kanban system.
📅 Scrum Training & Event Schedule
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📅 Training, Workshops, and Events
2019-07-06, Berlin: Liberating Structures 4 Scrum — From Daily Scrum to Sprint Review.
Join us for an exciting day of practicing Liberating Structures 4 Scrum — From Daily Scrum to Sprint Review. We will be exploring several microstructures, weave them into strings and apply those to Scrum events like the Daily Scrum, the Sprint Review, or the Sprint Retrospective. The workshop language will be English.
The workshop is well suited for beginners of Liberating Structures if you already have a basic understanding of Scrum roles, events, and artifacts. (However, I would not recommend the workshop to those who are unfamiliar with both Scrum and Liberating Structures.)
The workshop fee includes lunch and beverages. The regular ticket is € 89 incl. 19% VAT. There is a limited number of Early Bird tickets available at € 69 incl. 19% VAT.
Lastly, if you are a regular attendee of the Hands-on Agile meetups, you might be eligible for a discount of up to € 30. (Get your loyalty card at the next Hands-on Agile meetup on June 13th, 2019.)
Get your ticket: Liberating Structures 4 Scrum — From Daily Scrum to Sprint Review (Berlin, July 6th, 2019.)
Product & Lean
(via InfoQ): The (R)evolution of a Portfolio Wall
Anna Miedzianowska and William Peck discuss the evolution of the Portfolio Wall at Ocado, lessons learned and mistakes to avoid.
: Why the Three-Part User Story Template Works So Well
Mike Cohn takes a look at the three elements of the standard template and reflects on why that template has stood the test of time as well as its strengths and weaknesses.
(via ProductCraft): Servant Leadership for Product Managers
Christine Itwaru advocates the role of the Product Owner without called it that way.
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