Uff. The Scrumday 2019 is over. And it was a blast.
Exhausted but happy here is what I proposed during the sessions @ the Agile Games Corner: additional info and instructions to the simulations, energizers and games I facilitated.
Tech Debt Game: a simulation to explain the need for refactoring with non-technical means to non-technical people can be found here
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to pick up the original source for one of my current favorites: Egg & Shell, a short simulation to experience how it feels like to trust and to focus on someone who is relying...
Today the Scrum and non-violent communication keynote was given at a local expert session in Munich. Was nice to work with – and even to get corrected by – my wifey in front of the audience for not-proper-nvc-language-usage.
Find the slides here (german, 9.3 MB)
Scrum is based on self-organized teams. Self-organized teams are able to evolve and adapt quicker in today’s highly complex working environments than traditional command-and-control management structures. At the same time, self-organized teams are more robust to external disturbances, are faster and more creative in problem solving as they use the full potential of the team and not only one single decision making (and often bottle-necked) brain as seen in hierarchical command-and-control structures. In this blog, I will elaborate on two questions “How to actually “do” self-organization?” and “What do I need to help teams to self-organize...