Anthony Mersino February 9, 2021 6689062 / Pixabay I started the year off with a new practice. Or should I say, an old practice rejuvenated. And that practice is journaling. Journaling is a great technique for agile coaches. It provides good materials for stories, insights for performance improvement and serves as a way to make … Continue reading Why Journaling is Key for Agile Coaches
Anthony Mersino February 4, 2021 This may sound like an easy question, but what is Agile Leadership? I’ve written all about Agile Leaders for example in The Agile Leaders Role in Transformation and How Leaders Create Agility – 3 Key Steps. In fact, in 2020, this blog was named to the Hubspot top 20 Agile … Continue reading What is Agile Leadership? (Part 1)
Anthony Mersino January 27, 2021 Between Santa Claus, Big Foot and the Agile Project Manager, which exists? Few people argue for the existence of Big Foot or Santa Claus, though most believe that Agile Project Managers exist. I would contend that none of them exist, especially the Agile project manager. (BTW we used a photo … Continue reading The Myth of the Agile Project Manager
How to avoid over-specialization and the bottle-necks it creates. Stacey Ackerman on January 13, 2021 Successful agile marketing teams have one very important thing in common — cross-functional team members that have the ability to take campaigns from strategy to execution. This allows them to stop waiting and start delivering at a much faster pace … Continue reading Why Cross-Functional Agile Teams Get Campaigns Delivered Earlier
Anthony Mersino January 3, 2021 I recently had a participant tell me that my Agile and Scrum Training for Teams class was 1,000% better than he expected. Which I took as a great compliment, even though I noted the hyperbole. When pressed to explain why, he said that his previous Agile or Scrum Training course … Continue reading What Makes Agile and Scrum Training Effective?
Anthony Mersino December 26, 2020 A few months ago I had a conversation with a development manager whose teams had transitioned to Scrum earlier in the year. The development manager said he was really happy with the transition to Scrum and how productive, transparent and collaborative the teams had become. Then almost as an afterthought, … Continue reading Another Great Benefit of Agile Transformation
Anthony Mersino December 15, 2020 This time of year in Chicago I can’t help thinking about snow. We haven’t had a real snowstorm yet but it is inevitable. What should not be inevitable is snowplowing. Or more specifically, snowplowing in agile. Snowplowing in agile is a holdover from traditional project management approaches. It stems from … Continue reading Stop Snowplowing in Agile
For newer agile marketing teams, it’s not all about racing to the finish line. Stacey Ackerman on December 4, 2020 Most people think agile is all about the race to the finish line and cranking out more and more work, but if you’re a newer agile marketing team you’ll want to focus more on predictability … Continue reading Why Predictability is More Important than Speed in Agile Marketing
Being a little conservative on the commitment at first is better than constantly taking on too much work and not delivering. Stacey Ackerman on November 11, 2020 Do you remember back to high school when your teacher gave you a big essay to write and it was due at the end of the quarter? If … Continue reading How to effectively plan sprints for agile marketing teams
Anthony Mersino October 15, 2020 In 2012, I was given my first opportunity to coach some new agile teams for a client. I was paired with a more senior coach and I never thought twice about how much sense that made. I was coached and was able to use the senior coach as a sounding … Continue reading Two are Better Than One – The Benefits of Paired Agile Coaching
