CHOW #301 – Policy and Pragmatism
EmpFirst Inc, decided to reopen their offices after Covid subsided and the government removed all related restrictions. However, many employees had settled in their new mode of working and some had also relocated to their homes elsewhere in the country. EmpFirst decided that return to work will be decided team wise and gave the choice […]
CHOW #300 – Navigating coaching practices
Photo by Conor Luddy on Unsplash You are coaching an eight-member team in Pune, part of a large multinational in the tech sector. The team is self-sufficient with the Product Owner & Product Management also being located in Pune. The team is now facing a tool-related challenge. A new tool has been introduced globally for […]
CHOW #298 – Adaptive Leadership
For an adaptive leadership to succeed in a chaordic organization, one of the key factors is mutual trust. Could you please highlight top two things from your list that helps develop trusting culture in an organization? CHOW Solution: There are so many practices to be set and followed consistently over a period to build trust […]
CHOW #296: Backlog Blinkers
Bill is a Product Manager in a large software product firm, which has decades of leadership in their target segment. He has over 20 years of experience at this company and has excellent relationship with the major customers of the product. John, the new CEO, had come from a new-age software company. He proposed several […]
CHOW #295: Splitting hair over splitting team
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC Priyanka is the coach for a team making firmware and software for ECUs (electronic control units) and app layers above. Due to the number of fragmented technologies in the solution and the workload, the manager Jaspreet Kaur has felt it necessary to form a team […]
Chow # 294: Four key expectations from a Scrum Master’s role
Effectiveness in playing a Scrum Master’s role can significantly influence the success of a project and help in creating an environment for High Performing teams. While the specifics can cover many activities, we identify four key expectations of the role of a Scrum Master. The above diagram highlights the four key expectations. These four […]
CHOW #293: Experimentation and Research Issues
An enterprise exists to deliver value to its stakeholders. Continuous delivery of value to stakeholders is the mantra that industry leaders now chant in their offices all day long. Now, how do they deliver this continuous value? One important aspect of creating better customer outcomes is that allowing associates to experiment and fail. The organisation […]
CHOW #291 Low Hanging Fruits or Meaningful Wins?
Shiva is a Product Leader and leading a solution development team which is in the Automotive Technology domain. As a product leader he is sitting on huge pile of backlog of features which has been built up over sometime working with customers and internal stakeholders. He is having regular discussions with the team on prioritization […]
CHOW # 290 – Aligning Practices to Values and Principles
Look at the following two situations – one coming from implementation of XP and one from Scrum. Situation 1 The Principle of Mutual Benefit in XP says that every activity that you do as part of software development should benefit all concerned – now and later as well. Any solution should not cost one […]
CHOW #289 – Backlog Refinement or bones of contention?
Shivani is the Scrum Master of for the Palomar team. She approaches you, the Agile coach, with a situation she is facing with the Backlog Refinement. Palomar team has scheduled regular Backlog Refinement meetings for couple hours on their Fridays. These are not sufficient and at times more meeting(s) are scheduled. In spite of this […]
