Does Daily Scrum have to be daily?
So often we hear people talk about daily Scrum - does it have to be daily? How do we work with this as a team member, a ScrumMaster, and/or a leader who wants to support the team to the next level?
Still Puzzled about Estimation?
There are things that never go away - estimation is definitely one of them. Estimation has been a challenge for decades, and it continues to be one of the headaches for many... In this article, I will share some tips for most of you who are spending much time and energy estimating, with some key alignments that can help you and colleagues around you.
Navigating the Oceans of Scaling Frameworks
Confused about so many frameworks about agile at scale? I am sure that you know each organization is different - there isn't such a concept of one-size-fit-all. How do we work with agility at scale in our own context? Check out this blog to see why skills in scaling can help advance your current unique situation.
Celebrating 80 countries!
80 countries!!! -- I would love to take this opportunity to thank you for your continuous support and trust, which means the world to me and to each one of us at Evelyn Konsult AB! Join our global community for networking, learning, and growth together!
Coaching Products: 8 Tips for Success
I use a human head as an analogy to explain the product owner role during my product workshops. This is also where I discuss about all the important things we have to consider in the head to achieve product excellence by building the 'right things' continuously. Check out a list of condensed tips to get started!
The Agile Coaching Series – 5
I am not a good chef yet, but I love analogy! Guess what, simmering a pot of clam chowder is just like agile coaching. The journey is as important as the destination, and the pursuit..
The Agile Coaching Series – 4
No matter what role we hold at work, and in life, we want to distinguish the moment when to use We, You and One. For agile coaches, we want to maintain neutrality, we want to encourage self-organization of the team we support, we want to reduce dependency on agile coaches, and more...
The Agile Coaching Series – 3
In the field of professional facilitation, there is a concept of process leader and content leader. What is it and what does that mean for us as an agile coach? When do we use what to best support the teams and organizations we serve?
The Agile Coaching Series – 1
Everybody seems to be able to put their current role as Agile Coach. A search on LinkedIn will give you a huge list of agile coaches. What skills an agile coach should be focusing on? What is it not easy to work as an agile coach? Given the confusion about Agile Coaching, we'll use a skiing story to compare, explain and generate insights about Agile Coaching.
The Agile Coaching Series – 2
What are the high level Agile Coaching competencies? And what makes Agile Coaching challenging? Let's continue the discussion and zoom into agile coaching even more - for passionate and aspired agile coaches, and for people who have agile coaches working with them.
The Power of Naïve Questions – Experience it!
How to make use of naive questions as a leader and/or facilitator?
Beyond Transformation: Embracing Agile Evolution
The natural world has shown us that transformation is important. How to embrace Agile evolution for organisational success?
The Power of Working Agreement
Working Agreement is a powerful tool to support a team in any stage. What are some great characteristics of a working agreement?
The Essentials of Stakeholder Management
Stakeholder management is an art, and it requires continuous attention, analysis, prioritization and actions.
Prioritisation is an art
Everybody talks about prioritisation, but, hold on a sec, what does that exactly mean? How do we prioritise? What's the art of prioritisation?
The Art of Feedback
Giving feedback is one of the most important skills of a leader to grow people. Feedback should be like a gift. What to give, how to wrap, when to give, and how to give?
The Agile Coaching Series – Introduction
The Agile Coaching Series aims at leveraging Agile Coaching capabilities to support individual, team and organization growth. For individuals who want to grow your agile coaching capabilities - you will find more guidance and build more understanding; For others working with agile coaches - you will have deeper understanding and learn what to expect from an agile coach. This helps agile coaches to support you, and you support your agile coaches! Such a win-win right in front of you!
The Journey of Agile Coaching
Since 2009 I have been working with agile coaching, and it has been a journey of continuous learning and each day has been a learning day. I shared my experience at difference conferences, including product, leadership and agile conferences. Here is a summary - if you are interested in knowing more, you are most invited to reach out. Join our global community - let's network and learn together!
Let’s Talk about Roles: An even bigger challenge now
Many (including myself) have experienced role confusion, role conflicts, role overload, and many other role related challenges, which lead to confusion, frustration, demotivation and stress in workplace. Role problems have been there for a long time, and become more challenging during Agile transformation.
Accelerating the Transition from ‘Walking’ to ‘Running’
In this article, Evelyn shares her summary on her over 15 years experience supporting agile transformation, and the patterns she summarized. In addition, this article is also voted as the Best Agile Article 2020, and it highlights challenges and identifies opportunities.