The Magic of Beginnings
Not all moments in a team’s lifecycle are created equally.There are many models that describe how teams develop (ShuHari, Tuckman, Drexler-Sibbet to name just a few). Although they all differ quite a bit, they have one thing in common: they underline that teams go...
The Magic of Beginnings
Not all moments in a team’s lifecycle are created equally.There are many models that describe how teams develop (ShuHari, Tuckman, Drexler-Sibbet to name just a few). Although they all differ quite a bit, they have one thing in common: they underline that teams go...
sprintzero becomes ICAgile member organisation
Dutch based Agile training and coaching agency sprintzero joins the International Consortium for Agile (ICAgile) and will be the first member organisation in the Netherlands to provide ICAgile certified Agile coaching training. Jasper Verdooren, founder of...
Set yourself up for success as Agile Coach by doing this one thing
What is an Agile Coach anyway? Being an Agile coach is a strange role. Only a couple of years ago, the role did not exist. Unless for you being an Agile Coach is the same role as being a Scrum Master, for me that’s not the case. Why? Expectations and understanding...
NEW training! Intercultural communication skills for Scrum teams
A globalised work place However you personally might feel about globalisation, the globalised work place is already a reality for a lot of Scrum teams. The endless hunt for talent in software development has resulted in many international Scrum teams. Sometimes...
My Coaching Stance as an Agile Coach
As part of graduating from the AgileCoachingInstitute's Agile Coaching Competence Cohort as an ACI Certified Teams Transformation Coach™ (CTTC), I had to create a presentation about my stance as an Agile Coach. I decide to create small video as my graudation...
What are story points? | Video
"What are story points?" As an Agile coach, I run into a lot of teams that have trouble with the concept of story points. So I decided to take story points as the topic for my second video (see the first one here). Have a look and let me know what you think!...
Lean Startup Summit: a quick review
Lean Startup The Lean Startup movement has had my interest since Eric Ries launched "The Lean Startup'. Not only because it seems like a great way to build new products, but also because it provided some of the 'missing pieces' to the Scrum framework. Before Lean...
When to do your Refinement meeting… according to science!
When working with Scrum teams, getting your Refinement process right is key. I just finished reading ‘When’ by Daniel Pink (the author of Drive etc). It’s a great book and I can recommend it to anyone interested in improving your personal effectiveness or in human...
What is refinement?
I am always trying to improve my course material and the way I explain things. I wanted to create a short explainer video on refinement for a while already. Recently I finally got around to doing it. 🙂 Apart from using as training material, I wanted to share it...