We Need to Stop Being Short Sighted and Start Hiring Junior Software Engineers Now
Adel Smee joins the Agile Australia blog with her article on Software Engineering graduates, and why the industry needs to plan for the future.
The Journey of Design to Agile
Chris Thelwell brings his experience on the journey of a design team to adapt to agile.
Workshop Wednesday: 7 Tips to improve your standup
In the second part of our guest blog series with Growing Agile coaches Karen Greaves and Samantha Laing, we look at 7 ways to improve your standup! For more on improving your workplace communications, you can register for Karen and Samantha’s Facilitation Skills workshop at Agile Australia 2016. 7 tips to improve your standup 1.…
Workshop Wednesday: Self-Selection with Sandy Mamoli and David Mole
New Zealand-based Agile coaches Sandy Mamoli and David Mole, authors of Creating Great Teams – How Self-Selection Lets People Excel, will present a workshop on Self-Selection: Minimising Chaos Through Effective Team Design at Agile Australia 2016. In today’s Workshop Wednesday blog, guest blogger Sandy Mamoli explains large-scale self-organisation. Total Squadification – Large Scale Self-Organisation I fundamentally believe…
Workshops announced for Agile Australia 2016!
Workshops for Agile Australia 2016 have just been announced, with a host of thought leaders joining the Conference from all over the world (including the US, Europe, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia) to share their expertise on topics as diverse as Agile, testing, usability, Kata, and more. Find further details about the workshops here.…
Teams in mid-life crisis, or, How to use psychology to help your team meet deadlines [#4 in a series on teams]
With guest bloggers Lachlan Heasman and Anton du Toit. In the previous post we wrote about how a team’s working methods tend to get set implicitly at the start of a project. Connie Gersick found something else about how teams tend to work across their lifespan, though. When the project is around its halfway point,…
Why does your team work that way? [#3 of a series on teams]
With guest bloggers Anton du Toit and Lachlan Heasman. Each team can have its own way of doing things. Team members may have a relaxed attitude, or a get stuff done approach, or be very congenial. This vibe (also called the “climate” of the team) can be fine and effective until someone thinks it needs…
