Agile self-assessment game at XP Days Benelux 2016
The XP Days program committee has accepted my workshop “Agile Self-Assessment Game” for the XP Days Benelux 2016 conference. How cool is that!
The XP Days program committee has accepted my workshop “Agile Self-Assessment Game” for the XP Days Benelux 2016 conference. How cool is that!
Building a new team can be challenging. People have to learn and get to know each other, and agree upon how they will be collaborating as a team. Retrospective exercises can be used for chartering teams, to define shared goals, agree upon the way of working, and start off properly.
I'm giving training sessions, workshops, and masterclasses on Agile Retrospectives in Athens, Kaunas and Kladno in the fourth quarter of 2016. These are part of the successful Valuable Agile Retrospectives Program and based on my bestseller Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives. Tickets are available, get yours now before they sell out!
I will be at GOTO Berlin again this year. As a speaker I'm giving you a discount of €150 on your conference ticket. Just register your ticket for GOTO Berlin with the promo code Lind150 and you're all set!
I will give two talks on October 15 at Agile Tour Beirut, one about how to become a better Scrum master and one on valuable retrospectives.
Is There a Need For Agile Manifesto 2.0? That's the question that Kamlesh Ravlani, Agile / Lean Coach and Scrum Trainer, is asking the Agile community. He is running a Survey on Agile Manifesto 2.0, which he announced on LinkedIn Pulse.
Becoming agile can help to achieve organizational goals. But setting agile as a goal for an organization does not work. The goal for a software organization should be to achieve results by delivering valuable products and services, not to become agile. Hence my question: do you know why do you want to become agile?
I'm giving two masterclasses at Agile Tour Kaunas on October 11 and 12 on Retrospectives and on Agile and Lean. Tickets for these agile workshops can be bought on the Agile Tour Lithuania courses webpage.
A new bundle of books with agile practices and tips has been released on Leanpub. Buy these books with a 40% discount! The bundle includes six great books from eleven authors, helping you to make your agile journey easier to travel, more successful, and fun!
The successful book Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives has been translated in many languages. The leanpub bundle Valuable Agile Retrospectives - All Languages contains all language editions, you can get 9 books for the reduced price of $24,99 (excluding VAT).
In this masterclass in Kaunas, Lithuania you will experience agile practices for teams and stakeholders with advice on how to deploy them, and tips and tricks to become more agile and lean.
The Trello board retrospective techniques for coaches, Scrum masters, and other facilitators provides exercises and ideas to design agile retrospectives. Philip Rogers created this board, he has added me so that I can contribute my experience with retrospectives. (more…)