This page is intended to provide an alternative way to view my blog posts on Medium, and also to view other content I've written which is not available on my blog:
- Most popular (over the lifetime of the blog)
- Most recent (reverse chronoligical order)
Note: I've uploaded samples of other content I've written that is not published on my blog. You can find that content in the Playbook.
Note 2: I've also launched a few experiments with Finders, which are pages to help locate content quickly on topics like "Cheat Sheets," Liberating Structures, and Management 3.0 Practices.
These are my top 50 blog posts, in descending order of popularity, over the lifetime of the blog:
- Lean Coffee Facilitator's Guide
- Swarming: A team-based approach to getting work done
- Backlog Refinement and Sprint Planning: Similarities and Differences
- Inception: Getting to rapid alignment on team vision and goals
- Back to Basics: Writing and splitting user stories
- Agile Retrospective Technique #2: 30-minute retrospective
- Better Together: XP and Scrum
- Retrospective Technique: Appreciation Game
- Retrospective Gamification: Choose Five
- Story Mapping in Under 200 Words
- Impact Mapping in Under 200 Words
- Outcomes as Enablers of Business Impact
- Fastest Written Retrospective Technique Ever
- The Difference Between a Forecast and a Commitment
- Retrospective Technique: Appreciation Postcards
- Team Decision-Making Techniques
- Retrospective Gamification: Retrospective from a Hat
- Retrospective Technique #1: Tell a Story
- An Agile Learning Taxonomy
- Trello Board: Retrospective Techniques for Coaches, Scrum Masters, and Other Facilitators
- Team Working Agreement for a Team Transitioning to Scrumban
- Retrospective Technique #3: Complete Agenda for a Program-Level Retrospective
- The Agile Fluency Model
- Looking for a New Retrospective Technique? Try One of These
- Agile Values
- Let's Be More Factful, Part I: The Gap Instinct
- Being a Scrum Master is all about facilitation, so let's call it what it is
- Trello Board: Games for Coaches, Scrum Masters, and Other Facilitators
- Applying Agile Concepts in an Early Childhood Setting
- Likelihood vs Impact
- Developer Experience
- Improving Flow
- C-Level for a Day Retrospective
- The Trust Ownership Model
- Team APIs
- Meeting Facilitator's Guide
- Let's Make Socrates Our Retrospective Facilitator
- Trading Cards: An icebreaker activity for training or other team-based settings
- A Tale of Two Teams in Crisis: Different Leadership Styles, Different Outcomes
- Prime Directive for Futurespectives
- Five Manifestos
- Unlocking the Wisdom of the Crowd Through Communities of Practice
- Virtual Exercise to Create or Update a Definition of Done
- The Importance of Creating Time and Space for Movement at Work
- Expressing Appreciation: Kudo Cards, Kudo Box, Kudo Wall
- Using Circles and Soup to Identify Dependencies
- Let's Be More Factful: Introduction
- The Rule of the Second Floor and What We Can Do About It
- Daily Standup Patterns
- Cheat Sheet Finder
- The Importance of Show and Tell
These are the 30-plus most recent posts, in reverse chronological order:
- Facilitation: The Fine Art of Noticing
- Dependency Management Techniques: Part II
- Velocity is a House Built of Straw
- Lean Tools for Problem Solving and Decision Making
- The Scrum 5-3-5-3-3
- What Feelings Wheels Can Tell Us About Group Dynamics
- Team Health Checks
- Making Security Work Visible in an Agile Team Context
- The Team Canvas: Building Trust via Transparency
- PowerPoint Karaoke in Under 200 Words
- Making Hard Decisions about Priority with a Pyramid Backlog
- Dependency Management Techniques
- Better Taste, Fewer Calories: My Initial Take on the 2020 Scrum Guide
- Roberto Clemente and Servant Leadership
- A Tale of Two Teams in Crisis: Different Leadership Styles, Different Outcomes
- Virtual Exercise to Create or Update a Definition of Done
- Cheat Sheet Finder
- Outcomes as Enablers of Business Impact
- A Minimalist Approach for Ephemeral Teaams
- The Importance of Setting Aside Time for Innovation
- Unlocking the Wisdom of the Crowd Through Communities of Practice
- How Happy are We at Work: The Niko Niko Calendar
- Exploring What We've Learned: Celebration Grids
- Management 3.0 Practices Finder
- Mashup: Using My Favorite Thing, 1–2–4-All, Moving Motivators, and My Unsung Hero to Create a Culture Book
- Liberating Structures Finder
- Expressing Appreciation: Kudo Cards, Kudo Box, Kudo Wall
- Daily Standup Patterns
- Team APIs
- The Trust Ownership Model
- Exploratory Testing Quick Start
- My Daily Pomodoros: Healthier Living Edition
- Looking for a New Retrospective Technique? Try One of These
- Let's Make Socrates Our Retrospective Facilitator