Breaking Through Resistance: A Guide to Effective Communication Strategies in Agile Development
Effective communication is the cornerstone of success in agile development. Without effective communication, team members may not understand their roles and responsibilities, misunderstandings may arise, and conflicts may escalate. In this post, we've explored the importance of effective communication in agile development and provided practical strategies for improving communication within your team. By establishing clear communication channels, using visual aids, practicing active listening, fostering open communication, providing context, and tailoring communication to different audiences, you can ensure that your team members are working together effectively towards a common goal. Implementing these strategies can help to ensure that your agile development process is successful and that your team members are productive and motivated.
Breaking Through Resistance: How to Understand and Overcome Resistance to Change
Are you facing resistance to change within your organization? Do you find it difficult to convince your team to embrace new practices or processes, particularly in the context of agile development? Resistance to change is a common challenge that many organizations face when trying to adopt new methodologies like agile development. In this post, we'll explore the various forms of resistance to change and how to overcome them, so you can successfully implement agile development practices in your organization.
Building Better Teams: How Effective Communication Can Improve Your Agility
Effective communication is a cornerstone of any successful team but is especially critical in a Scrum team. By improving communication and collaboration among team members, you can achieve better outcomes and build a more cohesive and productive team. This post will discuss the importance of effective communication in Scrum methodology and share tips and best practices to help you build better teams.
Revolutionize Your Agile Workflow with Sierra Agility
Sierra Agility is a powerful tool for teams looking to become more agile and efficient. By catching common errors in process and action and advising teams on correcting them, Sierra Agility ensures that your team is operating at its full potential. With features like team size recommendations, defined Scrum Masters and Product Owners, and sprint and product goal tracking, Sierra Agility takes the guesswork out of agile project management. Learn more about how Sierra Agility can help your team achieve its goals and become more successful by visiting sierraagility.net.
How Thinking of Agility as a Methodology Can Ruin Your Job
In today's business climate, agility is key to success. But what exactly is agility? And how can companies make sure they're promoting an agile mindset within their organization? Unfortunately, many companies mistakenly think of agility as a methodology, when in fact it's much more than that.
Get Yourself a Coach!
Think about the times when you've felt completely lost at work. Maybe you're in a new role and don't know where to start. Maybe you're stuck on a project and can't seem to find a way out. Or maybe you're just feeling burnt out and need some motivation. In these moments, having a regular coach can make all the difference.
How Regular Coaching Makes All the Difference
Are You Settling for Good Enough Agility?
Sprint Goals: Why the Plan Matters Less Than You Might Think
This information will help you take a BIG step toward having product dev, service, and support teams be self-managing. (Yes, really!)
Sprint Goals: The Key to a Well-Executed Sprint
Leverage Team Values to Guarantee Successful Outcomes
How Scrum Masters Can Make Team Values Real
The 4 Keys to Making Agile Development Work for Your Company
Do Scrum Team Members have to be Full Time? #AskArtisan
Scrum Team members CAN be part-time, but this week’s #AskArtisan video shares insight on helping them maximize their time, and pitfalls to look out for.
How Many People Should be on One Scrum Team? #AskArtisan
I'm often asked about the ideal number of people on one Scrum Team, but maybe a better question is why and how any number becomes too many?
Women in Business – What Kind of Leader Are You?
Women in Leadership Positions exhibit many styles, good, bad, and ugly. Do you work with a "Perfect Patty"? How about "Like me Linda"? Or the ever popular "Elizabitch"? You don't want to be any of these and here's why.
Leadership Skills That Can't Be Ignored
4 Signs of Good Leadership
5 Ways to Address a Toxic Work Environment
So… you have found yourself in a toxic work environment. Now what do you do? Read on to learn some options.

