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Teams in an Agile environment are very different from teams in a traditional plan-driven project environment:
The development and testing practices used by teams in an Agile environment are also very different than a typical plan-driven project environment:
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“Distributed Project Management” is a new approach to project management. Here’s a brief overview of what it is all about. What is Distributed Project Management? “Distributed Project Management” is very important to help people see the relationship of “project management” and Agile in a very fresh new perspective. It has the potential to redefine many […]
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A number of people have asked questions related to improving team performance in an Agile environment. It takes some skill to do that – “How do you improve team performance in an Agile project? Improving Agile Team Performance How to Improve Team Performance It is very common for project managers to over-manage teams and I
I recently created a significant training module on Agile Leadership. One of the key topics in that module is “Emotional Intelligence”. I’m sure some people are wondering “How do you develop and improve emotional intelligence?” I’d like to summarize some of that here. What Is Emotional Intelligence and Why Is It Important? What Is Emotional
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I recently saw a LinkedIn post from someone who was requesting advice on managing conflict in Agile teams. One response was to remove the people who are causing the conflict from the team. That may not be an appropriate solution – some level of conflict is necessary and healthy in a high performance team A
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The role of emotional intelligence in Agile is important to understand. It is a skill that is very difficult to master for many people. What is Emotional Intelligence? HelpGuide.org defines “emotional intelligence as follows: “Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the ability to identify, use, understand, and manage emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively,
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Agile is very much built around the idea of self-organizing teams. But what are self-organizing teams? There is some confusion about that topic. Some teams have taken that to mean complete flexibility to do whatever they want without any management or leadership. That amounts to “anarchy” and there is a big difference between “anarchy” and
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There are a lot of misconceptions about Agile cross-functional teams. Here are a few examples: Is Agile Really a Team of Peers? Is Specialization Inconsistent with Agile Teamwork? Is Individual Accountability Inconsistent with Agile? We can learn a lot from team sports that can be applied to Agile team performance to overcome these misconceptions. Misconceptions
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