Author Archives: Corinna

Find someone to TeamUp

Posted on May 10, 2013

At my workplace we’ve recently started following Scrum and Kanban. I head the product management team with 2 newly minted product owners. They used to be a product manager and sales engineer respectively. One has limited experience with Scrum, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile / Lean, Fairly Good Practice, Kanban, Resource, Scrum, Software Craftsmanship | 2 Comments

3 Feedback Models

Posted on April 25, 2013

Feedback is important. Only by knowing how our actions affect others do we know what works and what doesn’t. Feedback becomes more effective, when it is frequent, timely and specific. Frequent Giving feedback only at quarterly or yearly reviews wastes … Continue reading →

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One-on-Ones in Agile (Transitions)

Posted on April 10, 2013

Have you ever had regular One-on-Ones (“O3s”)? If not, I think you’re missing out. Mark Horstman and Mike Auzenne describe them as: 30 minute conversation every (other) week Between a manager and one of her team members. (Each team member gets … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile / Lean, Change, Communication, Fairly Good Practice, Food for Thought, Scrum, Scrum Master, Self-Organization | 1 Comment

“Verständlich Schreiben” – Workshop am 13. April in Düsseldorf

Posted on March 31, 2013

[English Summary: On April 13th, I'm giving a workshop on writing that follows the tips in this article.] Wir alle freuen uns über gute Doku, wenn wir etwas Neues lernen. Doch wie sieht es mit der Doku für unsere eigenen … Continue reading →

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Agile Stammtische in Düsseldorf und Umgebung

Posted on March 7, 2013

[English Summary: A list of meetups on Agile or Lean topics in Düsseldorf - where I live - and its surrounding cities.] Heute habe ich zum zweiten Mal eine Liste aller agil angehauchten Stammtische in meiner Umgebung zusammengestellt. Sobald ich … Continue reading →

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Minimum Viable Customer

Posted on February 25, 2013

Every once in a while I think about developing a product and / or founding a company. Up until 5 years ago I thought “the idea” would be crucial – that the product idea would make the difference between failure … Continue reading →

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Die Rolle des Product Owners – Kurz und bündig

Posted on February 23, 2013

[English Summary: I've translated Henrik Kniberg's excellent "Product Owner in a Nutshell" into German. Next post will be in English again, pinkie promise!] Kennt ihr schon Henrik Knibergs exzellentes Video zur Rolle des Product Owners? Falls nicht, lege ich es … Continue reading →

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Why I like “Number of completed stories” as a metric

Posted on January 29, 2013

… or Small stories kick ass! In his superb video explaining the role of the Product Owner Henrik Kniberg chooses “Number of completed stories” to measure the teams capacity (velocity). He mentions story points, but chooses a less widespread measure. … Continue reading →

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Story Telling & Product Partnership (OOP 2013 – Day 1)

Posted on January 21, 2013

This week I’m attending OOP in Munich. As Open Spaces / Un-Conferences have become the norm for me it’s strange to be at “real” conference for a change. I have not been “siezed” (formal way to address in German) that … Continue reading →

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Lean Altbier (aka “Lean Coffee”)

Posted on January 12, 2013

Another month, another agile meetup: This time we tried out the “Lean Coffee” approach to facilitate a discussion in the whole group about a range of topics.  As the meetup takes place in a brewpub for Düsseldorf’s typical type of … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile / Lean, Fairly Good Practice, Meta, Self-Organization | 2 Comments