Jelmar Van Aert
Poker Planning: Have The Right Estimation Discussions
When it comes to Agile estimation, it’s not just about the estimates—it’s about the conversations that lead to them. Discover how poker planning sparks dialogue, resolves misunderstandings, and builds team consensus.
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Jelmar Van Aert
Beyond Demos: 10 Sprint Review Experiments for Enhanced Stakeholder Interaction in 2024
Explore dynamic experiments to revolutionize your Sprint Reviews. From science fair-style showcases to failure forums, find out how to capture stakeholder feedback in refreshing ways.
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Jelmar Van Aert
Unlock the Power of Starfish Retrospective for Project Success
Maximize team performance with the Starfish Retrospective! Learn practical insights and strategies for success. Elevate your team's growth and effectiveness.
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Jelmar Van Aert
The Power of Retrospectives in Change Management
Uncover the potential of retrospectives in adapting to change. Dive into practical tips for using retrospectives to address challenges and drive improvement.
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Jelmar Van Aert
Liked, Learned, Lacked, Longed for: Your guide to the 4L Retrospective.
Learn how to effectively run a 4 Ls retrospective with your agile team to gather valuable feedback and boost performance.
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Jelmar Van Aert
SPIDR: Unleashing the Power of User Story Splitting
Discover how SPIDR revolutionizes user story splitting with its unique methods—Spikes, Paths, Interface, Data, and Rules. Learn how these techniques empower teams to break down complex stories and deliver software faster.
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Jelmar Van Aert
Reviving Scrum: Unearth the Joy of Agile
My Team hates Scrum, now what? Join the journey of a struggling Scrum team as they rediscover the true essence of Scrum. Learn to identify red flags and transform your team's work process by adhering to the Scrum Guide and embracing the core values of Empiricism.
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Jelmar Van Aert
Unleashing your Teams Success in 2023: The Five Scrum Values
Explore the five powerful Scrum values - Commitment, Courage, Openness, Respect, and Focus - and discover how they drive team excellence.
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Jelmar Van Aert
Mastering Scrum Events: A Comprehensive Guide to the 5 Essential Ceremonies
Dive into the world of Scrum events and gain insights into the Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective. Understand how these essential ceremonies foster collaboration, communication, and continuous improvement, empowering your team to deliver value with each iteration.
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Jelmar Van Aert
Launching Your Project to Success: Mastering the Art of a Successful Project Kickoff Meeting
Want to ensure the success of your project? Hold a project kickoff meeting to create alignment among team members and stakeholders on project scope, roles and responsibilities, and timing of ceremonies. Get ready to take action for your project!
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Jelmar Van Aert
The Continuous Delivery Workshop: Improving Your Cycle Time
Ready to reduce the risk and increase the value of your software? This blog post dives into the benefits of releasing faster and how our continuous delivery workshop can help your team improve your cycle time. Discover actionable insights to help your team move forward, today!
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Jelmar Van Aert
The Ultimate Guide to Scrum Artifacts
Learn everything you need to know about Scrum artifacts, including the Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, and Product Increment, and how to use them to achieve your product goals.
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Jelmar Van Aert
Scrum Team Roles and Responsibilities: Scrum Master, Product Owner, and the Development team.
Discover the most important roles and responsibilities in Scrum positions. Learn about the Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Development Team roles, and find out how they work together to deliver high-quality products. Read on to understand the key requirements for each Scrum position and how to excel in them.
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Jelmar Van Aert
The Rose Bud Thorn Retrospective: A Mindful Approach to Agile Teams
The Rose Bud Thorn retrospective template helps teams reflect on their previous work, identify improvements for the future, and address any issues. The template consists of three parts: the Rose (positive feedback), the Bud (improvements), and the Thorn (issues). The exercise is useful for newer agile teams or those wanting a mindful session.
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Jelmar Van Aert
How to Run a Sailboat Retrospective: A Step-by-Step Guide
Discover how to run a sailboat retrospective (with facilitator notes) and the techniques you and your team can use to focus on creating actionable items. Get valuable feedback and apply continuous improvement to your workflow with the help of the sailboat retrospective.
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Jelmar Van Aert
My Top 3 Must-Have Sprint Retrospective Templates for Continuous Improvement
Boost team performance with my handpicked collection of top 3 retrospective templates. Get insights for continuous improvement.
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Jelmar Van Aert
Retrospective voting - Focus on the right issues during a retrospective
Discover the best voting strategies for Agile retrospectives to prioritize issues, gain team insights and make improvements. Use Dot-voting, Straw Poll-voting, and the Decider voting methods for effective results.
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Jelmar Van Aert
30 circles - Creative muscle warm-up
The 30 circles exercise helps you and your team warm up their creative muscles. Here is how you can do the 30 circles exercise with your team.
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Jelmar Van Aert
"How Might We" Questions: A Powerful Tool for Reframing Problems as Opportunities"
What are opportunity questions? What is the "How Might We" structure? How do you reframe a problem statement in a way that allows us to think about many ideas?
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Jelmar Van Aert
Building a High-Performance Team: The Importance of Attention to Results
Discover how inattention to results can harm your team's performance. Learn strategies to overcome this dysfunction and achieve greater success.
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Jelmar Van Aert
From Avoidance to Action: Strategies for Overcoming Accountability Issues in Your Team
Don't let avoidance of accountability sabotage your team's success. Get practical advice on how to overcome the avoidance of accountability and improve your team's performance.
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Jelmar Van Aert
How to Mind Map: A Step-by-Step Guide to Visualizing Your Ideas
Mind mapping can seem intimidating, but it's easy to learn. In this guide, we show you how to make a mind map step-by-step, so you can start clustering your thoughts and ideas to understand the complex problems of today better.
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Jelmar Van Aert
Building a Culture of Commitment: Strategies for Teams
Explore practical strategies to build a culture of commitment within your team. From cascading messages to setting deadlines, find out how to keep your team aligned and motivated.
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Jelmar Van Aert
Overcoming the Fear of Conflict: A Guide to Healthy Communication
Productive conflicts help teams grow, but avoiding conflict leads to tension. Techniques like mining and real-time permission can help embrace productive conflicts. Building trust is essential. More productive conflicts lead to faster issue resolution and team alignment.
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Jelmar Van Aert
From Suspicion to Collaboration: Tips for Building Trust in the Workplace
Team trust is vital for team functioning. It involves vulnerability, openness, and communication. High-trust teams have better performance, more energy, and no politics. Leadership sets the example by building relationships and open communication. Building trust requires time, discipline, and getting to know each other. Team-building activities like personal histories or team effectiveness exercises accelerate the trust-building process.
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Jelmar Van Aert
Effective Team Feedback: How to use the Start, Stop, Continue Template
Improve your team's performance with the Start, Stop, Continue Exercise - Tips and Tricks for collecting Feedback during your Sprint Retrospective.
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Jelmar Van Aert
Running a Successful Retrospective: The Lightning Decision Jam by AJ&Smart
Learn how to run a retrospective using the Lightning Decision Jam by AJ&Smart
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Jelmar Van Aert
Unleash the Power of Agile Teams: A Guide to Agile Retrospective Meetings
Transform your team's performance with the secret weapon of Agile Retrospective. Discover how to drive continuous improvement and skyrocket success!
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