Category Archives: Decision Making

Hyper-productive teams? Ruthlessly pruned backlog!

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

Most of the agile transitions I’ve had insight into were mandated by management. They were motivated by an ever-growing pile of requests that exceeds the developers’ capacity several times over. The tales of “hyper-productive teams” lead them to think Scrum … Continue reading →

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Visualize it! – An ode to whiteboards

Posted on July 4, 2012 by

Two months ago I started a new job. I left nice old colleagues and got nice new colleagues. The companies are the same size. No big diff there. But there is a very visible difference in the respective offices: Old … Continue reading →

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“It can’t be done!” O RLY?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

It makes me sad when a PO presents a new story and the first thing out of a developer’s mouth is “It can’t be done!”*. A story is meant to be the basis of a discussion – “It can’t be done!” … Continue reading →

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Systemic Consensus

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

You know that saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover”? Well, I usually do jugde a book by its cover and I’d never have bought “Systemisches KONSENSIEREN” (“Systemic CONSENSUS”)! When a colleague dropped it on desk, I made fun … Continue reading →

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Eliminate Waste: Caretaker of the Week

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

Apparently I’m stuck on the topic of decisions, but whereas the last post was about manifesting decisions, this one is about avoiding them. Well, at least a certain kind of decisions: The kind where teams need to do something regularly, … Continue reading →

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“Was that a Decision?”

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

That awkward moment, when you ask “Shall we try that?” and the most response you get is mumbling… You’re not quite sure what to make of it. It usually means that nobody is opposed to the idea, but does anyone … Continue reading →

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