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Tag: Scrum

Embracing Change Requires You to Let Go

May 11, 2020 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Change is hard. Letting go can help. This is true in yoga, life, and Scrum. Read more about embracing change in my latest post.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Agile Coach, Change, Improvement, Leadership, Scrum

Nine Proven Ways to Make Your Scrum Team Hyper-productive

April 27, 2020 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Let’s learn from the origins of Scrum to reach a hyper-productive state.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Transformation Filed under: Improvement, Leadership, Learning, Patterns, Productivity, Scrum

Now Is the Time to Try Short Sprints

April 10, 2020 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

We are all transported into a storm due to COVID-19. Short Sprints can help Scrum teams navigate these challenges through a rapid feedback loop.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset Filed under: Agile, Change, COVID-19, Improvement, Leadership, Scrum, Small, Virtual

Attributes of an Effective Problem-solving Policy

March 3, 2020 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

A policy for problem-solving embraces empiricism as the normal mode of team operation. When moving to a Problem-solving Policy, you…

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Agile Mindset, Continuous Improvement, Leadership, Problem Solving, Scrum, Transformation

Bounded Innovation and Your Problem-solving Journey

January 25, 2020 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Bounded Innovation can help you get started with building a problem-solving culture. Read more to uncover five ways to jump-start your problem-solving journey using Scrum.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Improvement, Innovation, Problem Solving, Scrum

Reboot Your Scrum Retrospective

January 14, 2020 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Start with a deep inspection of your existing habits.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Change, Improvement, Leadership, Scrum
Collective Product Ownership

The Secret to Product Owner Success

December 13, 2019 Coach Lankford 6 Comments

A “Whole Team” collective product ownership approach can be a force multiplier. Many minds working together will catapult your product to a positive customer outcome and business impact.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Collective Product Ownership, Product Owner, Scrum, Teamwork

Remove Date-driven Behavior to Achieve Agility—Learn More By Doing

March 10, 2019 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Action trumps the best plan and design.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Agile Manifesto, date driven behavior, Lean, Scrum

Remove Date-driven Behavior to Achieve Agility—An Introduction

March 3, 2019 Coach Lankford

Date-driven behavior undermines Agility.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Agile Manifesto, date driven behavior, Lean, Scrum

Gain Control by Breaking Dependencies—An Introduction

November 11, 2018 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Don’t coordinate dependencies, break them. When teams are struggling with dependencies, you might hear the following statements or something similar:…

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Agile Manifesto, Control, Dependencies, dependency breaking, Lean, Scrum

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Lean Leverage: It’s what happens when you remove the inessential to deliver maximum outcomes while respecting people. When the superfluous is out of the way, you get two benefits. First, you don’t waste energy on what is not needed, and second, you focus more quality time on what needs to be done. This blog attempts to live up to these goals.

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