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Social Contracts for Agile Teams

Team member cohesion is an important factor in building a high-performing team, however achieving this cohesion is often easier said than done. Social Contracts are a tool I’ve used to build cohesion quickly and effectively within teams. If you have nev..

Five Inconvenient Truths about Agile

It probably won’t come as any surprise that I like Agile. I’ve been using it for many years now and I’ve come to appreciate many of the nuances built into the approach that aren’t immediately obvious on first glance. I find it to be an especially powerf..

Git and GitHub for Scrum Masters

Scrum Masters generally don’t need to have the same depth of technical skills as the software developers on their team. However if your team is using Git for source code version control, then you as the Scrum Master or Iteration Manager, may find yours..

Don’t be the first to miss out on LAST Canberra!

The LAST Conference is taking place in Canberra on September 14th, and if you’re in the vicinity then I highly recommend that you attend. Tickets are selling fast but they tell me that at the time of publishing this post, there are still some spaces ava..

Get my Agile book for free – 24 hours only!

Update: The free period has now ended but you can still purchase this book through Amazon in either paperback or Kindle editions. Thank you to all those who downloaded my book.

The Kindle edition of my book Awesome Agile Ceremonies – 104 techniqu..

Five tips for passing the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) exam

I recently passed the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) exam and wanted to share some tips to help others with this exam. As with other PMI certifications, you’ll need in-depth knowledge of the subject matter to pass this exam. You should not ..

Inaugural Scrum Coach Retreat Sydney

The Scrum Alliance is hosting the inaugural Sydney Scrum Coach Retreat from May 5 – 7 in Coogee. It’s 2 1/2 days of deep-dive learning combined with many opportunities to extend professional relationships within the community. Sounds like a bargain at j..

Agile Team Energiser: Rock,Paper,Scissors,Lizard,Spock

Most people are familiar with the game Rock, Paper, Scissors – a simple game where two participants compete with hand gestures representing each of the aforementioned objects, and a simple set of rules for determining which object beats the other.

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Using graffiti to build high-performing teams.

There’s one thing that strikes me about close-knit, high-performing teams. They seem to have an internal language that people outside of the group have trouble understanding. So how can the use of grafitti encourage the development of this internal lang..

Four free Agile resources that you should know about (but probably don’t!)

There are lots of free Agile resources on the internet. However not all information is created equal. Frankly a lot of the stuff out there is just click-bait designed to get you to buy a product or service. But there are good sources lots of good inform..