by S Vasudev | Aug 14, 2015 | Agile, Coaching, Leadership, Mindfulness
A frequent question or topic of discussion with Scrum Masters, in course of coaching, is on motivation. How does one motivate the team members? A difficult question, which does not have “a” right answer/ approach. As a leader, one needs to deliver what is...
by S Vasudev | Jul 24, 2015 | Agile, Coaching, Personal Growth
Often I get asked by Scrum Masters, who are in the process of adopting Agile Scrum, on references to servant leadership. How should one go about changing from “command and control style” to “servant leadership”. I used to share relevant...
by S Vasudev | Jul 10, 2015 | Agile, Coaching, Leadership, Personal Growth, Project Management
Most of us are familiar with the Basic Communication Model – with sender, channel and receiver. We all understand that the responsibility for effective communication rests with both parties, with a slight onus on the sender. What I have experienced is that by...
by S Vasudev | Jun 26, 2015 | Agile, Coaching
Here is an update from Rekha, one of the team member from the teams I was coaching. I am working on TSK-206, I took the build, tried to test on ST-OS1 setup, was unable to test. Then I tried ST-OS3, then Nithin told me that he had changed the environment to test...
by S Vasudev | Jun 12, 2015 | Agile, Coaching, Leadership
The Daily Scrum is one ceremony that the teams following Scrum adopt quickly. There are some hiccups initially, which are sorted out, often with inputs from the coach/guide. The ceremony is on time and at fixed time, occurs even if Scrum Master is not present, team...
by S Vasudev | May 29, 2015 | Coaching, Project Management
My first job, decade’s back was a six day a week job. An organizational decision was taken to make Saturday a half day. I was a Graduate Trainee and there were six of us. Three of us were in Engineering Dept. and three in Sales & Marketing Dept. It was the first...
by S Vasudev | May 15, 2015 | Agile, Coaching, Leadership
As a coach, a recurring situation one faces, towards the end of the first sprint after the coaching has started, is the push and shove to the retrospective. After seemingly making the team understand that two key aspect of Agile Scrum are to surface the problems at...
by S Vasudev | Apr 11, 2015 | Agile, Coaching, Leadership
Teams new to Scrum have a product backlog. The backlog will be groomed to some degree, typically have clarity for up to one to two sprints. The priority will be clear, with fair amount of detail on the requirements. The estimates may be present, it could be story...
by S Vasudev | Dec 15, 2014 | Agile, Coaching, Personal Growth, Project Management
Many are curious to know what kind of transformation one can expect through the PM coaching. Sharing one instance of it as an illustration. Please note that each participant and their transformation is unique in itself, depending on where the participant stands,...
by S Vasudev | Nov 17, 2014 | Agile, Project Management
During a workshop on Agile Scrum, for participants new to Agile, a question came up – how is tracking in Agile different than in traditional project management? A very interesting question, which cannot be answered in short – covering some aspects, more to...
