Background One of my students reached out to request a series of questions that can be asked for a product owner / product manager interview. I thought its best to document the questions and possible answers here so it might help others that might be looking for something similar Behavioral… Read More »Product Owner / Product Manager Interview Questions
One of my favorite retrospectives is the Superpower Retrospective. When faced with a team that has been together for a while and has done a few retrospectives it can be hard to keep things interesting. The Superpower Retrospective is an excellent way of spicing things up. With the Superpower Retrospective… Read More »Superpower Retrospective
To begin with I want to state that this post portrays my opinion on Agile estimates. Agile estimates have been around the Agile movement for as long as I can remember. I was not privy to the start of Agile so “as long as I can remember” probably does not… Read More »Agile Estimates: To Be or Not To Be
The car manufacturer Toyota developed Kanban as a methodology to help teams work on their assembly line. Currently, it is popular with engineering teams working within an Agile environment. Typically, the work being done in Kanban is easily visible and communicated on a Kanban Board. Kanban also helps keep work… Read More »Everyday Life Kanban
Product Manager or Product Owners have to wear different hats at different times. Here are some mindsets that connect well with the work they do. Collaborative Works 1/3rd time each working alone, 1/3rd time with stakeholders and 1/3rd time with developers. LinkedIn Collaborative best practices Problem: When teams rapidly grow… Read More »Product Owner Case Studies
Imagine this, you are watching your favorite basketball team in the championship game. There is 1 second left on the clock. Your team is down by 2 points and has the ball. They move towards their basket and your favorite player takes a 3-point shot. IT GOES IN!!! Your team… Read More »Scrum Master: The Basketball Coach
If you’ve ever read the Agile Manifesto you’re familiar with these four lines. “Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan” You are also familiar with this line. “That is, while there is value in the items… Read More »What is Your Agile Sound?
Would you like to explain Scrum to anyone in 2 minutes? Well, I have an elevator pitch for Scrum for you. I teach this in my certified scrum master workshops to equip my scrum masters defend and sell scrum in their organizations. I learnt this elevator pitch co-training with my… Read More »Elevator pitch to sell Scrum to Stakeholders and Executives
As a trainer you want your learners to have Collaborative interdependence: learners work together and they cannot accomplish the task without working together. Individual accountability: As a participant in a group activity, learners are accountable for maximizing their own learning. Sharon Bowman’s Training from the BACK of the Room book… Read More »Keep learners awake and engaged using interactive lecture
In December 2022, I found three books by Austin Kleon. Each one took me about 30 minutes to read and they completely changed my goals for 2023. Title Show your work The essence of this book is to share what you do and how you do it intentionally sharing value… Read More »3 Books That Changed My 2023 Goal