Michael Chik – Ars Agilis

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Repurposing the Daily Scrum as a Flow meeting

Posted on 27/01/2016 by Michael Chik

Yesterday, I had a short and interesting discussion with Viktor Grgic. He was explaining how he loved OmniGraffle. During our chat, I remembered using OmniGraffle v4 back in 2006. Back then, its intended purpose was still to be a diagramming and illustrating Mac alternative to Microsoft Visio. I hadn’t used it much since. Viktor, on

Posted in Lean complexity theory, complexity thinking, daily scrum, daily standup, exaptation, feedback cadence, flow, kanban, lean, lean kanban, scrum

Succeeding with your New Year’s Resolutions using Personal Kaizen

Posted on 29/12/2015 by Michael Chik

Another new year is upon us and many of my friends and colleagues are starting to formulate their new year’s resolutions. If you are anything like me, you probably believe that your odds of beating them and actually sticking to your resolutions are higher than most other people’s. If so, chances are you are affected

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Agile Events: Sprint Review

Posted on 21/08/2012 by Michael Chik

The sprint review is a vital part of agile project management's inspect and adapt cycle. Together with the sprint retrospective they form the core feedback loop between the sprints. The sprint review meeting has two goals: for the team to demonstrate what they have completed and to gather feedback for the product. During the sprint

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Agile Events: Sprint Retrospective

Posted on 20/08/2012 by Michael Chik

Agile project management is, at its heart, an inspect and adapt approach. This means that agile processes don't just encourage but require you to regularly stop what you are doing, assess where you currently are and find ways to improve the rest of your journey towards the project goal. The last of the 12 Agile Principles

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10 Tips for a Great Daily Scrum Meeting

Posted on 18/08/2012 by Michael Chik

The daily scrum meeting is a quick daily meeting that helps the development team members organize their day. During the daily scrum, team members make three statements: Yesterday, I completed… Today, I will… The things blocking my progress are… It's a powerful tool that keeps your project moving. At the same, it is also easy

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