Looking for proven facilitation techniques to help you run effective and engaging meetings? This download is a collection of practical tips and tools to help you organise and moderate workshops and team meetings. Learn how to prepare for your role as a facilitator, how to handle difficult situations and how to support your group in achieving its goals. Find out how facilitation can improve communication and collaboration in your team.
Facilitator’s guide Read More »
Many of us are operating in an organization that has a very complex structure and there is a reason for that! This talk is there to explore some of the reasoning behind the structures you are in. We’ll end the talk with a kind of fishbowl to explore options to get out of an endless loop of nut-ness.
Agile Warsaw | Jurgen De Smet | How organisations go nuts Read More »
Agile has crossed the chasm” said Lyssa Adkins during Scrum Trainers and Coaches retreat in Dublin. Recently I’ve finally read the book by Geoffrey Moore, where this concept is described. And it leads to a lot of interesting insights regarding the role of Agile Coaches at the current market.
Agile has crossed the chasm. What does it mean for Agile Coaches? Read More »
Many talented and qualified people have attempted to come up with a consolidated view of how organizations should be modeled and behave in order to best reap the benefits we now know can be reaped at the team or project level. Terms like “Management 3.0”, “Radical Management” and “Fourth generation Management” are swarming the Internet. Does the world really need yet another definition? How come we – three humble Scrum trainers from Scandinavia – think we can make a difference? And what is that difference?
Agile Warsaw | Arne Ahlander | Agile Lean Leadership Read More »
Last week we described our visit to Toyota Factory. We were lucky to join Mazda Tour in Hiroshima just two days later, so with fresh memories, we could compare these two car manufacturers. We’ve noticed several interesting differences and we’d like to share three of them with you.
3 ways Mazda factory differs from Toyota Read More »
Sometimes lean principles are easier to understand when we find them operating in completely unexpected places. This talk will take you to marketplaces around the world, on arctic expeditions, down whitewater rapids, and into research labs to see lean principles in action. Because sometimes the ideas that seem so counterintuitive in our daily lives become completely obvious when the game has changed.
ABE Light 18 | Mary Poppendieck | Four Metaphors For Lean Read More »
Agile Manifesto is a set of guiding values and principles for Agile software development. It was first introduced in 2001 by a group of software developers who were frustrated with the traditional, bureaucratic approach to software development.
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Ever since I read “Toyota Way” by Jeffry Liker almost ten years ago, I was hoping to see Toyota Production System (TPS) live. Finally, my wish come true today during our trip to Japan we’ve visited Toyota city and joined the Takaoka Plant tour.
Watching Toyota Production System Live Read More »
Many efficiency guides will tell you what you need to do to increase your effectiveness. More time for sport, connecting with others or education. Meanwhile, Toyota, the leader in the Lean approach, says the opposite. To increase your efficiency you need to do less. You need to find waste and then systematically remove it.
Lean: How to find waste in software development Read More »
Scrum is commonly adopted in software product development. It comes as no surprise that other business areas show interest in using it. However, until recently, creating physical products using iterative approach seemed to be impossible. But the landscape has changed and the adaptive hardware development is gaining popularity.
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