Create sustainability with trust in innovation

Initiator: Robert KinnerfeltNotetaker: Rene ClaytonParticipants!2 people, Parker, Rene, Justin, Margret, Tabith, Bhavini Discussions Key conceptsHow do you innovate. Innovation in tech teams: Innovation sprints Involvment in product definition Delegation & Empowerment Structured slack: Prioritizing the top 2 thirds of the BL for each sprint, and leave the rest of the sprint for innovations on refining […]

Solutions to remote work challenges

Solutions to remote work challenges. Non-verbal communications missing use web cam use conference rooms where people present can read the body language of others in the conference room and add color/interpretations to words have in-presence (everyone in the same place) team building activities to bond as a team so member understand each other better Why do we […]

Sustainable Middle Management!

Initiator: Robert KinnerfeltNotetaker: Sarah UrristeParticipants: Alvin Providence, Becky Herman, Prashanth, Jens Ostergaard, Wendy, Ivy, Anjali, Michelle Mitchell Collaboration Area: RipenDiscussion: The problem is management starting as POs and SMs when a company moves to agileParticipant: We’re finding that another problem is PMs and Managers impeding the agile transformation because they have the most to loseQuestions […]

Making Sprint Demos exciting and productive

Initiator: Kenneth Dick -Valpak Invite Everyone?Performing Demos by team benefits–Only certain stakeholders attend— People that attend ask questions— Actively connecting QA with stakeholders creates value— QA aren’t as interested in sprint Demo because they have seen it all sprint Conversation ideas— Demo length is important— The person who worked on it is the best person […]

Cultivating KANBAN, Kanban vs. Scrum

Topic Title: Cultivating KANBAN, Kanban vs. ScrumInitiator: Sarah Urriste – HealthSystemsNote Taker: Reid Manchester Participants:Mary Carleton, William Davis, Asif Haque, Allison Ramoy, George Spanti…, Vicky Braun, Dan Crowley Discussion/Concepts/Quotes/Revelations: Scrum struggle was that staff would sometimes be idle, stories would be too large, teams could not agree on points for features. Recommendations/Next Steps/Actions: Velocity is […]

Topic: How to do Agile for Hardware Projects – Prototype the hardware using pipecleaners and marshmallows– Keep the teams doing agile prototyping (MVPs) for hardware and software separate    – join them later using a Scrum of Scrums approach– For factory floor settings, build modular factories with the components of the assembly line reconfigurable.– Have […]