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These \u201caha\u201d moments get the teams excited and give them a different kind of thrill and happiness. This leads to higher motivation and greater bonding among team members, starting a positive performance cycle in the process. This is the phenomenon that builds stronger team spirit and team ownership and helps teams do progressively better and better. This is where the teams come face to face with true agility!<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agility and Team spirit","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agility-and-team-spirit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12674","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_11"};
We were under time pressure and we had to act quickly. Unless we delivered a superior product, there was no possibility of winning the competition. The team had strong desire to make a difference and succeed. So, everybody committed to the team goal wholeheartedly. Everybody brought out the coins that they had. Everybody participated in the brainstorming on what to create from the coins collected. Nobody was disappointed by the rejection of his\/her idea but made attempts to come up with a better one till we could find that one idea that resonated with all and got everybody excited \u2013 Ganapati! That brilliant idea was the root cause of our success. Diwali was approaching and our unit decided to celebrate Diwali in office. As part of the celebration, some games were arranged. Ten teams were formed, each containing about ten people. Then the hostess announced an interesting competition. The teams were to collect coins from within the team and create something using those coins. The team with the most creative and appealing creation would get the prize. Time given was just 15 minutes. We were under time pressure and we had to act quickly. Unless we delivered a superior product, there was no possibility of winning the competition. The team had strong desire to make a difference and succeed. So, everybody committed to the team goal wholeheartedly. Everybody brought out the coins that they had. Everybody participated in the brainstorming on what to create from the coins collected. Nobody was disappointed by the rejection of his\/her idea but made attempts to come up with a better one till we could find that one idea that resonated with all and got everybody excited \u2013 Ganapati! That brilliant idea was the root cause of our success. The above could be well facilitated by an agile\ncoach. If Shubham has a coach assigned to his team, he should discuss the issue\nwith his coach and seek his facilitation in addressing it. \n\nTo summarize, the solution to this problem is to\ncreate one team. Managers and the team need to be together. Managers should\nunderstand team\u2019s challenges and the team should be sensitive to the challenges\nin business environment. Together they should attack the business problems,\nenabling success of their organization!\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","post_title":"Chow #139 - Burning the midnight oil","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chow-139-burning-the-midnight-oil","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12683","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12674,"post_author":"18","post_date":"2019-03-11 10:00:08","post_date_gmt":"2019-03-11 04:30:08","post_content":"\n Diwali was approaching and our unit decided to celebrate Diwali in office. As part of the celebration, some games were arranged. Ten teams were formed, each containing about ten people. Then the hostess announced an interesting competition. The teams were to collect coins from within the team and create something using those coins. The team with the most creative and appealing creation would get the prize. Time given was just 15 minutes. We were under time pressure and we had to act quickly. Unless we delivered a superior product, there was no possibility of winning the competition. The team had strong desire to make a difference and succeed. So, everybody committed to the team goal wholeheartedly. Everybody brought out the coins that they had. Everybody participated in the brainstorming on what to create from the coins collected. Nobody was disappointed by the rejection of his\/her idea but made attempts to come up with a better one till we could find that one idea that resonated with all and got everybody excited \u2013 Ganapati! That brilliant idea was the root cause of our success. That said, team also should examine why\ntheir CEO demands more or faster output from them. What are the compulsions in\nthe business environment that he is trying to address through his demands? After having understood the business\ncompulsions, the team should find out what could make highest difference to the\nsituation and target delivering the same as first delivery. This prioritization\nexercise should be continued for all the user stories in the product backlog\nthat may be taken up in all the sprints. This is the responsibility of the\nProduct Owner. Once prioritized product backlog is available, through normal\nsprint planning exercise, team would decide on the scope to be delivered in\neach sprint and deliver it. Whatever delivered at the end of the sprint, should\nbe usable by management\/customers, addressing their high priority requirements.\nIt is extremely necessary that the team delivers on the promises made. Team must create a track record of meeting its\ncommitments, on time and with quality. This kind of track record gives\nconfidence to the management and customers and team is seen as dependable and\nworthy of trust. This is what Shubham should aim to achieve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The above could be well facilitated by an agile\ncoach. If Shubham has a coach assigned to his team, he should discuss the issue\nwith his coach and seek his facilitation in addressing it. \n\nTo summarize, the solution to this problem is to\ncreate one team. Managers and the team need to be together. Managers should\nunderstand team\u2019s challenges and the team should be sensitive to the challenges\nin business environment. Together they should attack the business problems,\nenabling success of their organization!\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","post_title":"Chow #139 - Burning the midnight oil","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chow-139-burning-the-midnight-oil","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12683","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12674,"post_author":"18","post_date":"2019-03-11 10:00:08","post_date_gmt":"2019-03-11 04:30:08","post_content":"\n Diwali was approaching and our unit decided to celebrate Diwali in office. As part of the celebration, some games were arranged. Ten teams were formed, each containing about ten people. Then the hostess announced an interesting competition. The teams were to collect coins from within the team and create something using those coins. The team with the most creative and appealing creation would get the prize. Time given was just 15 minutes. We were under time pressure and we had to act quickly. Unless we delivered a superior product, there was no possibility of winning the competition. The team had strong desire to make a difference and succeed. So, everybody committed to the team goal wholeheartedly. Everybody brought out the coins that they had. Everybody participated in the brainstorming on what to create from the coins collected. Nobody was disappointed by the rejection of his\/her idea but made attempts to come up with a better one till we could find that one idea that resonated with all and got everybody excited \u2013 Ganapati! That brilliant idea was the root cause of our success. Retrospective is a powerful mechanism available to agile teams to improve their current state of practice. It seems Shubham\u2019s team is not using this mechanism effectively, otherwise they would not be in the same situation again. So, I would advise Shubham to focus his attention there. The stress experienced by his team would have its impact on the delivery and would cause issues. These issues could be taken up in the retrospective and investigation of their root cause would lead to fundamental factors that eventually caused the issues. Shubham should facilitate highlighting the relevant facts to the stakeholders concerned and seek their help in fixing them. Make the relevant stakeholders part of the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That said, team also should examine why\ntheir CEO demands more or faster output from them. What are the compulsions in\nthe business environment that he is trying to address through his demands? After having understood the business\ncompulsions, the team should find out what could make highest difference to the\nsituation and target delivering the same as first delivery. This prioritization\nexercise should be continued for all the user stories in the product backlog\nthat may be taken up in all the sprints. This is the responsibility of the\nProduct Owner. Once prioritized product backlog is available, through normal\nsprint planning exercise, team would decide on the scope to be delivered in\neach sprint and deliver it. Whatever delivered at the end of the sprint, should\nbe usable by management\/customers, addressing their high priority requirements.\nIt is extremely necessary that the team delivers on the promises made. Team must create a track record of meeting its\ncommitments, on time and with quality. This kind of track record gives\nconfidence to the management and customers and team is seen as dependable and\nworthy of trust. This is what Shubham should aim to achieve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The above could be well facilitated by an agile\ncoach. If Shubham has a coach assigned to his team, he should discuss the issue\nwith his coach and seek his facilitation in addressing it. \n\nTo summarize, the solution to this problem is to\ncreate one team. Managers and the team need to be together. Managers should\nunderstand team\u2019s challenges and the team should be sensitive to the challenges\nin business environment. Together they should attack the business problems,\nenabling success of their organization!\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","post_title":"Chow #139 - Burning the midnight oil","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chow-139-burning-the-midnight-oil","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12683","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12674,"post_author":"18","post_date":"2019-03-11 10:00:08","post_date_gmt":"2019-03-11 04:30:08","post_content":"\n Diwali was approaching and our unit decided to celebrate Diwali in office. As part of the celebration, some games were arranged. Ten teams were formed, each containing about ten people. Then the hostess announced an interesting competition. The teams were to collect coins from within the team and create something using those coins. The team with the most creative and appealing creation would get the prize. Time given was just 15 minutes. We were under time pressure and we had to act quickly. Unless we delivered a superior product, there was no possibility of winning the competition. The team had strong desire to make a difference and succeed. So, everybody committed to the team goal wholeheartedly. Everybody brought out the coins that they had. Everybody participated in the brainstorming on what to create from the coins collected. Nobody was disappointed by the rejection of his\/her idea but made attempts to come up with a better one till we could find that one idea that resonated with all and got everybody excited \u2013 Ganapati! That brilliant idea was the root cause of our success. Suggested Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Retrospective is a powerful mechanism available to agile teams to improve their current state of practice. It seems Shubham\u2019s team is not using this mechanism effectively, otherwise they would not be in the same situation again. So, I would advise Shubham to focus his attention there. The stress experienced by his team would have its impact on the delivery and would cause issues. These issues could be taken up in the retrospective and investigation of their root cause would lead to fundamental factors that eventually caused the issues. Shubham should facilitate highlighting the relevant facts to the stakeholders concerned and seek their help in fixing them. Make the relevant stakeholders part of the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That said, team also should examine why\ntheir CEO demands more or faster output from them. What are the compulsions in\nthe business environment that he is trying to address through his demands? After having understood the business\ncompulsions, the team should find out what could make highest difference to the\nsituation and target delivering the same as first delivery. This prioritization\nexercise should be continued for all the user stories in the product backlog\nthat may be taken up in all the sprints. This is the responsibility of the\nProduct Owner. Once prioritized product backlog is available, through normal\nsprint planning exercise, team would decide on the scope to be delivered in\neach sprint and deliver it. Whatever delivered at the end of the sprint, should\nbe usable by management\/customers, addressing their high priority requirements.\nIt is extremely necessary that the team delivers on the promises made. Team must create a track record of meeting its\ncommitments, on time and with quality. This kind of track record gives\nconfidence to the management and customers and team is seen as dependable and\nworthy of trust. This is what Shubham should aim to achieve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The above could be well facilitated by an agile\ncoach. If Shubham has a coach assigned to his team, he should discuss the issue\nwith his coach and seek his facilitation in addressing it. \n\nTo summarize, the solution to this problem is to\ncreate one team. Managers and the team need to be together. Managers should\nunderstand team\u2019s challenges and the team should be sensitive to the challenges\nin business environment. Together they should attack the business problems,\nenabling success of their organization!\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","post_title":"Chow #139 - Burning the midnight oil","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chow-139-burning-the-midnight-oil","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12683","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12674,"post_author":"18","post_date":"2019-03-11 10:00:08","post_date_gmt":"2019-03-11 04:30:08","post_content":"\n Diwali was approaching and our unit decided to celebrate Diwali in office. As part of the celebration, some games were arranged. Ten teams were formed, each containing about ten people. Then the hostess announced an interesting competition. The teams were to collect coins from within the team and create something using those coins. The team with the most creative and appealing creation would get the prize. Time given was just 15 minutes. We were under time pressure and we had to act quickly. Unless we delivered a superior product, there was no possibility of winning the competition. The team had strong desire to make a difference and succeed. So, everybody committed to the team goal wholeheartedly. Everybody brought out the coins that they had. Everybody participated in the brainstorming on what to create from the coins collected. Nobody was disappointed by the rejection of his\/her idea but made attempts to come up with a better one till we could find that one idea that resonated with all and got everybody excited \u2013 Ganapati! That brilliant idea was the root cause of our success. Dear readers, Shubham needs to come out of this situation. What would be your advice to him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suggested Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Retrospective is a powerful mechanism available to agile teams to improve their current state of practice. It seems Shubham\u2019s team is not using this mechanism effectively, otherwise they would not be in the same situation again. So, I would advise Shubham to focus his attention there. The stress experienced by his team would have its impact on the delivery and would cause issues. These issues could be taken up in the retrospective and investigation of their root cause would lead to fundamental factors that eventually caused the issues. Shubham should facilitate highlighting the relevant facts to the stakeholders concerned and seek their help in fixing them. Make the relevant stakeholders part of the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That said, team also should examine why\ntheir CEO demands more or faster output from them. What are the compulsions in\nthe business environment that he is trying to address through his demands? After having understood the business\ncompulsions, the team should find out what could make highest difference to the\nsituation and target delivering the same as first delivery. This prioritization\nexercise should be continued for all the user stories in the product backlog\nthat may be taken up in all the sprints. This is the responsibility of the\nProduct Owner. Once prioritized product backlog is available, through normal\nsprint planning exercise, team would decide on the scope to be delivered in\neach sprint and deliver it. Whatever delivered at the end of the sprint, should\nbe usable by management\/customers, addressing their high priority requirements.\nIt is extremely necessary that the team delivers on the promises made. Team must create a track record of meeting its\ncommitments, on time and with quality. This kind of track record gives\nconfidence to the management and customers and team is seen as dependable and\nworthy of trust. This is what Shubham should aim to achieve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The above could be well facilitated by an agile\ncoach. If Shubham has a coach assigned to his team, he should discuss the issue\nwith his coach and seek his facilitation in addressing it. \n\nTo summarize, the solution to this problem is to\ncreate one team. Managers and the team need to be together. Managers should\nunderstand team\u2019s challenges and the team should be sensitive to the challenges\nin business environment. Together they should attack the business problems,\nenabling success of their organization!\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","post_title":"Chow #139 - Burning the midnight oil","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chow-139-burning-the-midnight-oil","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12683","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12674,"post_author":"18","post_date":"2019-03-11 10:00:08","post_date_gmt":"2019-03-11 04:30:08","post_content":"\n Diwali was approaching and our unit decided to celebrate Diwali in office. As part of the celebration, some games were arranged. Ten teams were formed, each containing about ten people. Then the hostess announced an interesting competition. The teams were to collect coins from within the team and create something using those coins. The team with the most creative and appealing creation would get the prize. Time given was just 15 minutes. We were under time pressure and we had to act quickly. Unless we delivered a superior product, there was no possibility of winning the competition. The team had strong desire to make a difference and succeed. So, everybody committed to the team goal wholeheartedly. Everybody brought out the coins that they had. Everybody participated in the brainstorming on what to create from the coins collected. Nobody was disappointed by the rejection of his\/her idea but made attempts to come up with a better one till we could find that one idea that resonated with all and got everybody excited \u2013 Ganapati! That brilliant idea was the root cause of our success. \u201cYes! As they say, history repeats! I am in the same situation.\nWe are the internal IT department of our company. My manager who reports to the\nCEO gives me hard time. He gets urgent requirements from the CEO with an\nexpectation that they be delivered in two weeks, when our optimistic estimate\nfor that work is three to four weeks. So, we do not have any choice but to work\nextra hours and somehow make it happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear readers, Shubham needs to come out of this situation. What would be your advice to him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suggested Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Retrospective is a powerful mechanism available to agile teams to improve their current state of practice. It seems Shubham\u2019s team is not using this mechanism effectively, otherwise they would not be in the same situation again. So, I would advise Shubham to focus his attention there. The stress experienced by his team would have its impact on the delivery and would cause issues. These issues could be taken up in the retrospective and investigation of their root cause would lead to fundamental factors that eventually caused the issues. Shubham should facilitate highlighting the relevant facts to the stakeholders concerned and seek their help in fixing them. Make the relevant stakeholders part of the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That said, team also should examine why\ntheir CEO demands more or faster output from them. What are the compulsions in\nthe business environment that he is trying to address through his demands? After having understood the business\ncompulsions, the team should find out what could make highest difference to the\nsituation and target delivering the same as first delivery. This prioritization\nexercise should be continued for all the user stories in the product backlog\nthat may be taken up in all the sprints. This is the responsibility of the\nProduct Owner. Once prioritized product backlog is available, through normal\nsprint planning exercise, team would decide on the scope to be delivered in\neach sprint and deliver it. Whatever delivered at the end of the sprint, should\nbe usable by management\/customers, addressing their high priority requirements.\nIt is extremely necessary that the team delivers on the promises made. Team must create a track record of meeting its\ncommitments, on time and with quality. This kind of track record gives\nconfidence to the management and customers and team is seen as dependable and\nworthy of trust. This is what Shubham should aim to achieve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The above could be well facilitated by an agile\ncoach. If Shubham has a coach assigned to his team, he should discuss the issue\nwith his coach and seek his facilitation in addressing it. \n\nTo summarize, the solution to this problem is to\ncreate one team. Managers and the team need to be together. Managers should\nunderstand team\u2019s challenges and the team should be sensitive to the challenges\nin business environment. Together they should attack the business problems,\nenabling success of their organization!\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","post_title":"Chow #139 - Burning the midnight oil","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chow-139-burning-the-midnight-oil","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12683","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12674,"post_author":"18","post_date":"2019-03-11 10:00:08","post_date_gmt":"2019-03-11 04:30:08","post_content":"\n Diwali was approaching and our unit decided to celebrate Diwali in office. As part of the celebration, some games were arranged. Ten teams were formed, each containing about ten people. Then the hostess announced an interesting competition. The teams were to collect coins from within the team and create something using those coins. The team with the most creative and appealing creation would get the prize. Time given was just 15 minutes. We were under time pressure and we had to act quickly. Unless we delivered a superior product, there was no possibility of winning the competition. The team had strong desire to make a difference and succeed. So, everybody committed to the team goal wholeheartedly. Everybody brought out the coins that they had. Everybody participated in the brainstorming on what to create from the coins collected. Nobody was disappointed by the rejection of his\/her idea but made attempts to come up with a better one till we could find that one idea that resonated with all and got everybody excited \u2013 Ganapati! That brilliant idea was the root cause of our success. \u201cWhat happened? Last month too you had some urgent delivery and\nwere burning midnight oil. This month also you are in the same situation?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes! As they say, history repeats! I am in the same situation.\nWe are the internal IT department of our company. My manager who reports to the\nCEO gives me hard time. He gets urgent requirements from the CEO with an\nexpectation that they be delivered in two weeks, when our optimistic estimate\nfor that work is three to four weeks. So, we do not have any choice but to work\nextra hours and somehow make it happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear readers, Shubham needs to come out of this situation. What would be your advice to him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suggested Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Retrospective is a powerful mechanism available to agile teams to improve their current state of practice. It seems Shubham\u2019s team is not using this mechanism effectively, otherwise they would not be in the same situation again. So, I would advise Shubham to focus his attention there. The stress experienced by his team would have its impact on the delivery and would cause issues. These issues could be taken up in the retrospective and investigation of their root cause would lead to fundamental factors that eventually caused the issues. Shubham should facilitate highlighting the relevant facts to the stakeholders concerned and seek their help in fixing them. Make the relevant stakeholders part of the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That said, team also should examine why\ntheir CEO demands more or faster output from them. What are the compulsions in\nthe business environment that he is trying to address through his demands? After having understood the business\ncompulsions, the team should find out what could make highest difference to the\nsituation and target delivering the same as first delivery. This prioritization\nexercise should be continued for all the user stories in the product backlog\nthat may be taken up in all the sprints. This is the responsibility of the\nProduct Owner. Once prioritized product backlog is available, through normal\nsprint planning exercise, team would decide on the scope to be delivered in\neach sprint and deliver it. Whatever delivered at the end of the sprint, should\nbe usable by management\/customers, addressing their high priority requirements.\nIt is extremely necessary that the team delivers on the promises made. Team must create a track record of meeting its\ncommitments, on time and with quality. This kind of track record gives\nconfidence to the management and customers and team is seen as dependable and\nworthy of trust. This is what Shubham should aim to achieve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The above could be well facilitated by an agile\ncoach. If Shubham has a coach assigned to his team, he should discuss the issue\nwith his coach and seek his facilitation in addressing it. \n\nTo summarize, the solution to this problem is to\ncreate one team. Managers and the team need to be together. Managers should\nunderstand team\u2019s challenges and the team should be sensitive to the challenges\nin business environment. Together they should attack the business problems,\nenabling success of their organization!\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","post_title":"Chow #139 - Burning the midnight oil","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chow-139-burning-the-midnight-oil","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12683","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12674,"post_author":"18","post_date":"2019-03-11 10:00:08","post_date_gmt":"2019-03-11 04:30:08","post_content":"\n Diwali was approaching and our unit decided to celebrate Diwali in office. As part of the celebration, some games were arranged. Ten teams were formed, each containing about ten people. Then the hostess announced an interesting competition. The teams were to collect coins from within the team and create something using those coins. The team with the most creative and appealing creation would get the prize. Time given was just 15 minutes. We were under time pressure and we had to act quickly. Unless we delivered a superior product, there was no possibility of winning the competition. The team had strong desire to make a difference and succeed. So, everybody committed to the team goal wholeheartedly. Everybody brought out the coins that they had. Everybody participated in the brainstorming on what to create from the coins collected. Nobody was disappointed by the rejection of his\/her idea but made attempts to come up with a better one till we could find that one idea that resonated with all and got everybody excited \u2013 Ganapati! That brilliant idea was the root cause of our success. Shubham is a smart, intelligent, technical person and highly\nrespected for his knowledge and experience. He never exaggerated anything. So,\nwhen he said that he did not have time even for a cup of tea, I realized that\nhe must have been under serious time pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat happened? Last month too you had some urgent delivery and\nwere burning midnight oil. This month also you are in the same situation?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes! As they say, history repeats! I am in the same situation.\nWe are the internal IT department of our company. My manager who reports to the\nCEO gives me hard time. He gets urgent requirements from the CEO with an\nexpectation that they be delivered in two weeks, when our optimistic estimate\nfor that work is three to four weeks. So, we do not have any choice but to work\nextra hours and somehow make it happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear readers, Shubham needs to come out of this situation. What would be your advice to him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suggested Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Retrospective is a powerful mechanism available to agile teams to improve their current state of practice. It seems Shubham\u2019s team is not using this mechanism effectively, otherwise they would not be in the same situation again. So, I would advise Shubham to focus his attention there. The stress experienced by his team would have its impact on the delivery and would cause issues. These issues could be taken up in the retrospective and investigation of their root cause would lead to fundamental factors that eventually caused the issues. Shubham should facilitate highlighting the relevant facts to the stakeholders concerned and seek their help in fixing them. Make the relevant stakeholders part of the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That said, team also should examine why\ntheir CEO demands more or faster output from them. What are the compulsions in\nthe business environment that he is trying to address through his demands? After having understood the business\ncompulsions, the team should find out what could make highest difference to the\nsituation and target delivering the same as first delivery. This prioritization\nexercise should be continued for all the user stories in the product backlog\nthat may be taken up in all the sprints. This is the responsibility of the\nProduct Owner. Once prioritized product backlog is available, through normal\nsprint planning exercise, team would decide on the scope to be delivered in\neach sprint and deliver it. Whatever delivered at the end of the sprint, should\nbe usable by management\/customers, addressing their high priority requirements.\nIt is extremely necessary that the team delivers on the promises made. Team must create a track record of meeting its\ncommitments, on time and with quality. This kind of track record gives\nconfidence to the management and customers and team is seen as dependable and\nworthy of trust. This is what Shubham should aim to achieve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The above could be well facilitated by an agile\ncoach. If Shubham has a coach assigned to his team, he should discuss the issue\nwith his coach and seek his facilitation in addressing it. \n\nTo summarize, the solution to this problem is to\ncreate one team. Managers and the team need to be together. Managers should\nunderstand team\u2019s challenges and the team should be sensitive to the challenges\nin business environment. Together they should attack the business problems,\nenabling success of their organization!\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","post_title":"Chow #139 - Burning the midnight oil","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chow-139-burning-the-midnight-oil","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12683","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12674,"post_author":"18","post_date":"2019-03-11 10:00:08","post_date_gmt":"2019-03-11 04:30:08","post_content":"\n Diwali was approaching and our unit decided to celebrate Diwali in office. As part of the celebration, some games were arranged. Ten teams were formed, each containing about ten people. Then the hostess announced an interesting competition. The teams were to collect coins from within the team and create something using those coins. The team with the most creative and appealing creation would get the prize. Time given was just 15 minutes. We were under time pressure and we had to act quickly. Unless we delivered a superior product, there was no possibility of winning the competition. The team had strong desire to make a difference and succeed. So, everybody committed to the team goal wholeheartedly. Everybody brought out the coins that they had. Everybody participated in the brainstorming on what to create from the coins collected. Nobody was disappointed by the rejection of his\/her idea but made attempts to come up with a better one till we could find that one idea that resonated with all and got everybody excited \u2013 Ganapati! That brilliant idea was the root cause of our success. \u201cI was busy with an urgent delivery. Did not have time even for a tea-break\u201d, Shubham said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Shubham is a smart, intelligent, technical person and highly\nrespected for his knowledge and experience. He never exaggerated anything. So,\nwhen he said that he did not have time even for a cup of tea, I realized that\nhe must have been under serious time pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat happened? Last month too you had some urgent delivery and\nwere burning midnight oil. This month also you are in the same situation?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes! As they say, history repeats! I am in the same situation.\nWe are the internal IT department of our company. My manager who reports to the\nCEO gives me hard time. He gets urgent requirements from the CEO with an\nexpectation that they be delivered in two weeks, when our optimistic estimate\nfor that work is three to four weeks. So, we do not have any choice but to work\nextra hours and somehow make it happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear readers, Shubham needs to come out of this situation. What would be your advice to him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suggested Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Retrospective is a powerful mechanism available to agile teams to improve their current state of practice. It seems Shubham\u2019s team is not using this mechanism effectively, otherwise they would not be in the same situation again. So, I would advise Shubham to focus his attention there. The stress experienced by his team would have its impact on the delivery and would cause issues. These issues could be taken up in the retrospective and investigation of their root cause would lead to fundamental factors that eventually caused the issues. Shubham should facilitate highlighting the relevant facts to the stakeholders concerned and seek their help in fixing them. Make the relevant stakeholders part of the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That said, team also should examine why\ntheir CEO demands more or faster output from them. What are the compulsions in\nthe business environment that he is trying to address through his demands? After having understood the business\ncompulsions, the team should find out what could make highest difference to the\nsituation and target delivering the same as first delivery. This prioritization\nexercise should be continued for all the user stories in the product backlog\nthat may be taken up in all the sprints. This is the responsibility of the\nProduct Owner. Once prioritized product backlog is available, through normal\nsprint planning exercise, team would decide on the scope to be delivered in\neach sprint and deliver it. Whatever delivered at the end of the sprint, should\nbe usable by management\/customers, addressing their high priority requirements.\nIt is extremely necessary that the team delivers on the promises made. Team must create a track record of meeting its\ncommitments, on time and with quality. This kind of track record gives\nconfidence to the management and customers and team is seen as dependable and\nworthy of trust. This is what Shubham should aim to achieve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The above could be well facilitated by an agile\ncoach. If Shubham has a coach assigned to his team, he should discuss the issue\nwith his coach and seek his facilitation in addressing it. \n\nTo summarize, the solution to this problem is to\ncreate one team. Managers and the team need to be together. Managers should\nunderstand team\u2019s challenges and the team should be sensitive to the challenges\nin business environment. Together they should attack the business problems,\nenabling success of their organization!\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","post_title":"Chow #139 - Burning the midnight oil","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chow-139-burning-the-midnight-oil","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12683","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12674,"post_author":"18","post_date":"2019-03-11 10:00:08","post_date_gmt":"2019-03-11 04:30:08","post_content":"\n Diwali was approaching and our unit decided to celebrate Diwali in office. As part of the celebration, some games were arranged. Ten teams were formed, each containing about ten people. Then the hostess announced an interesting competition. The teams were to collect coins from within the team and create something using those coins. The team with the most creative and appealing creation would get the prize. Time given was just 15 minutes. We were under time pressure and we had to act quickly. Unless we delivered a superior product, there was no possibility of winning the competition. The team had strong desire to make a difference and succeed. So, everybody committed to the team goal wholeheartedly. Everybody brought out the coins that they had. Everybody participated in the brainstorming on what to create from the coins collected. Nobody was disappointed by the rejection of his\/her idea but made attempts to come up with a better one till we could find that one idea that resonated with all and got everybody excited \u2013 Ganapati! That brilliant idea was the root cause of our success. \u201cWhere were you last week\u201d, I asked him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was busy with an urgent delivery. Did not have time even for a tea-break\u201d, Shubham said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Shubham is a smart, intelligent, technical person and highly\nrespected for his knowledge and experience. He never exaggerated anything. So,\nwhen he said that he did not have time even for a cup of tea, I realized that\nhe must have been under serious time pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat happened? Last month too you had some urgent delivery and\nwere burning midnight oil. This month also you are in the same situation?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes! As they say, history repeats! I am in the same situation.\nWe are the internal IT department of our company. My manager who reports to the\nCEO gives me hard time. He gets urgent requirements from the CEO with an\nexpectation that they be delivered in two weeks, when our optimistic estimate\nfor that work is three to four weeks. So, we do not have any choice but to work\nextra hours and somehow make it happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear readers, Shubham needs to come out of this situation. What would be your advice to him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suggested Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Retrospective is a powerful mechanism available to agile teams to improve their current state of practice. It seems Shubham\u2019s team is not using this mechanism effectively, otherwise they would not be in the same situation again. So, I would advise Shubham to focus his attention there. The stress experienced by his team would have its impact on the delivery and would cause issues. These issues could be taken up in the retrospective and investigation of their root cause would lead to fundamental factors that eventually caused the issues. Shubham should facilitate highlighting the relevant facts to the stakeholders concerned and seek their help in fixing them. Make the relevant stakeholders part of the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That said, team also should examine why\ntheir CEO demands more or faster output from them. What are the compulsions in\nthe business environment that he is trying to address through his demands? After having understood the business\ncompulsions, the team should find out what could make highest difference to the\nsituation and target delivering the same as first delivery. This prioritization\nexercise should be continued for all the user stories in the product backlog\nthat may be taken up in all the sprints. This is the responsibility of the\nProduct Owner. Once prioritized product backlog is available, through normal\nsprint planning exercise, team would decide on the scope to be delivered in\neach sprint and deliver it. Whatever delivered at the end of the sprint, should\nbe usable by management\/customers, addressing their high priority requirements.\nIt is extremely necessary that the team delivers on the promises made. Team must create a track record of meeting its\ncommitments, on time and with quality. This kind of track record gives\nconfidence to the management and customers and team is seen as dependable and\nworthy of trust. This is what Shubham should aim to achieve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The above could be well facilitated by an agile\ncoach. If Shubham has a coach assigned to his team, he should discuss the issue\nwith his coach and seek his facilitation in addressing it. \n\nTo summarize, the solution to this problem is to\ncreate one team. Managers and the team need to be together. Managers should\nunderstand team\u2019s challenges and the team should be sensitive to the challenges\nin business environment. Together they should attack the business problems,\nenabling success of their organization!\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","post_title":"Chow #139 - Burning the midnight oil","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chow-139-burning-the-midnight-oil","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12683","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12674,"post_author":"18","post_date":"2019-03-11 10:00:08","post_date_gmt":"2019-03-11 04:30:08","post_content":"\n Diwali was approaching and our unit decided to celebrate Diwali in office. As part of the celebration, some games were arranged. Ten teams were formed, each containing about ten people. Then the hostess announced an interesting competition. The teams were to collect coins from within the team and create something using those coins. The team with the most creative and appealing creation would get the prize. Time given was just 15 minutes. We were under time pressure and we had to act quickly. Unless we delivered a superior product, there was no possibility of winning the competition. The team had strong desire to make a difference and succeed. So, everybody committed to the team goal wholeheartedly. Everybody brought out the coins that they had. Everybody participated in the brainstorming on what to create from the coins collected. Nobody was disappointed by the rejection of his\/her idea but made attempts to come up with a better one till we could find that one idea that resonated with all and got everybody excited \u2013 Ganapati! That brilliant idea was the root cause of our success. Shubham and I headed towards office cafeteria to have a cup of\ntea. I had not seen him for some time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhere were you last week\u201d, I asked him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was busy with an urgent delivery. Did not have time even for a tea-break\u201d, Shubham said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Shubham is a smart, intelligent, technical person and highly\nrespected for his knowledge and experience. He never exaggerated anything. So,\nwhen he said that he did not have time even for a cup of tea, I realized that\nhe must have been under serious time pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat happened? Last month too you had some urgent delivery and\nwere burning midnight oil. This month also you are in the same situation?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes! As they say, history repeats! I am in the same situation.\nWe are the internal IT department of our company. My manager who reports to the\nCEO gives me hard time. He gets urgent requirements from the CEO with an\nexpectation that they be delivered in two weeks, when our optimistic estimate\nfor that work is three to four weeks. So, we do not have any choice but to work\nextra hours and somehow make it happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear readers, Shubham needs to come out of this situation. What would be your advice to him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suggested Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Retrospective is a powerful mechanism available to agile teams to improve their current state of practice. It seems Shubham\u2019s team is not using this mechanism effectively, otherwise they would not be in the same situation again. So, I would advise Shubham to focus his attention there. The stress experienced by his team would have its impact on the delivery and would cause issues. These issues could be taken up in the retrospective and investigation of their root cause would lead to fundamental factors that eventually caused the issues. Shubham should facilitate highlighting the relevant facts to the stakeholders concerned and seek their help in fixing them. Make the relevant stakeholders part of the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That said, team also should examine why\ntheir CEO demands more or faster output from them. What are the compulsions in\nthe business environment that he is trying to address through his demands? After having understood the business\ncompulsions, the team should find out what could make highest difference to the\nsituation and target delivering the same as first delivery. This prioritization\nexercise should be continued for all the user stories in the product backlog\nthat may be taken up in all the sprints. This is the responsibility of the\nProduct Owner. Once prioritized product backlog is available, through normal\nsprint planning exercise, team would decide on the scope to be delivered in\neach sprint and deliver it. Whatever delivered at the end of the sprint, should\nbe usable by management\/customers, addressing their high priority requirements.\nIt is extremely necessary that the team delivers on the promises made. Team must create a track record of meeting its\ncommitments, on time and with quality. This kind of track record gives\nconfidence to the management and customers and team is seen as dependable and\nworthy of trust. This is what Shubham should aim to achieve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The above could be well facilitated by an agile\ncoach. If Shubham has a coach assigned to his team, he should discuss the issue\nwith his coach and seek his facilitation in addressing it. \n\nTo summarize, the solution to this problem is to\ncreate one team. Managers and the team need to be together. Managers should\nunderstand team\u2019s challenges and the team should be sensitive to the challenges\nin business environment. Together they should attack the business problems,\nenabling success of their organization!\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","post_title":"Chow #139 - Burning the midnight oil","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chow-139-burning-the-midnight-oil","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12683","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12674,"post_author":"18","post_date":"2019-03-11 10:00:08","post_date_gmt":"2019-03-11 04:30:08","post_content":"\n Diwali was approaching and our unit decided to celebrate Diwali in office. As part of the celebration, some games were arranged. Ten teams were formed, each containing about ten people. Then the hostess announced an interesting competition. The teams were to collect coins from within the team and create something using those coins. The team with the most creative and appealing creation would get the prize. Time given was just 15 minutes. We were under time pressure and we had to act quickly. Unless we delivered a superior product, there was no possibility of winning the competition. The team had strong desire to make a difference and succeed. So, everybody committed to the team goal wholeheartedly. Everybody brought out the coins that they had. Everybody participated in the brainstorming on what to create from the coins collected. Nobody was disappointed by the rejection of his\/her idea but made attempts to come up with a better one till we could find that one idea that resonated with all and got everybody excited \u2013 Ganapati! That brilliant idea was the root cause of our success.
What led us to this? The answer to this is not straightforward but many times we see that when we think collectively and creatively often we transcend our normal limits and come up with something totally new, totally different and brilliant! Something that none of us would have thought of by ourselves! The collective brainstorming by the team with no restraints and no fear of rejection, leads us into a creative domain where we enter the realm of lateral thinking and find great solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
These \u201caha\u201d moments get the teams excited and give them a different kind of thrill and happiness. This leads to higher motivation and greater bonding among team members, starting a positive performance cycle in the process. This is the phenomenon that builds stronger team spirit and team ownership and helps teams do progressively better and better. This is where the teams come face to face with true agility!<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agility and Team spirit","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agility-and-team-spirit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12674","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_11"};
Our team quickly decided to first collect the coins and everybody poured out whatever coins they had. We were quite surprised by the heap of coins that we could manage to get. Now came the difficult task of deciding what to do with those coins. Someone suggested we could create a tree from those coins. Someone said let\u2019s make a house. Suggestions were coming forth and the team was not happy with them. Clock was ticking. And someone suggested let\u2019s create a piggy bank. Again the idea did not have acceptance from most of the team members.
And then came a great suggestion \u2013 how about creating Ganapati? Ganapati?? Can we really do that? Yes, said most of the members. The whole team got excited on this suggestion and quickly we agreed on the shape. By the 10th minute we had created first version of Ganapati\u2019s image using the coins we had. Now we decided to improve it further. We managed to have a very good image by going through a few iterations in the remaining time. When judges examined all the entries, they found our entry most creative and most appealing. We won the prize!
When I look back at this incident, I see the elements of a classic agile project here. It also demonstrates a key element that drives success in Agile projects. Let me explain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What led us to this? The answer to this is not straightforward but many times we see that when we think collectively and creatively often we transcend our normal limits and come up with something totally new, totally different and brilliant! Something that none of us would have thought of by ourselves! The collective brainstorming by the team with no restraints and no fear of rejection, leads us into a creative domain where we enter the realm of lateral thinking and find great solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
These \u201caha\u201d moments get the teams excited and give them a different kind of thrill and happiness. This leads to higher motivation and greater bonding among team members, starting a positive performance cycle in the process. This is the phenomenon that builds stronger team spirit and team ownership and helps teams do progressively better and better. This is where the teams come face to face with true agility!<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agility and Team spirit","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agility-and-team-spirit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12674","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_11"};
Our team quickly decided to first collect the coins and everybody poured out whatever coins they had. We were quite surprised by the heap of coins that we could manage to get. Now came the difficult task of deciding what to do with those coins. Someone suggested we could create a tree from those coins. Someone said let\u2019s make a house. Suggestions were coming forth and the team was not happy with them. Clock was ticking. And someone suggested let\u2019s create a piggy bank. Again the idea did not have acceptance from most of the team members.
And then came a great suggestion \u2013 how about creating Ganapati? Ganapati?? Can we really do that? Yes, said most of the members. The whole team got excited on this suggestion and quickly we agreed on the shape. By the 10th minute we had created first version of Ganapati\u2019s image using the coins we had. Now we decided to improve it further. We managed to have a very good image by going through a few iterations in the remaining time. When judges examined all the entries, they found our entry most creative and most appealing. We won the prize!
When I look back at this incident, I see the elements of a classic agile project here. It also demonstrates a key element that drives success in Agile projects. Let me explain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What led us to this? The answer to this is not straightforward but many times we see that when we think collectively and creatively often we transcend our normal limits and come up with something totally new, totally different and brilliant! Something that none of us would have thought of by ourselves! The collective brainstorming by the team with no restraints and no fear of rejection, leads us into a creative domain where we enter the realm of lateral thinking and find great solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
These \u201caha\u201d moments get the teams excited and give them a different kind of thrill and happiness. This leads to higher motivation and greater bonding among team members, starting a positive performance cycle in the process. This is the phenomenon that builds stronger team spirit and team ownership and helps teams do progressively better and better. This is where the teams come face to face with true agility!<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agility and Team spirit","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agility-and-team-spirit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12674","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_11"};
Our team quickly decided to first collect the coins and everybody poured out whatever coins they had. We were quite surprised by the heap of coins that we could manage to get. Now came the difficult task of deciding what to do with those coins. Someone suggested we could create a tree from those coins. Someone said let\u2019s make a house. Suggestions were coming forth and the team was not happy with them. Clock was ticking. And someone suggested let\u2019s create a piggy bank. Again the idea did not have acceptance from most of the team members.
And then came a great suggestion \u2013 how about creating Ganapati? Ganapati?? Can we really do that? Yes, said most of the members. The whole team got excited on this suggestion and quickly we agreed on the shape. By the 10th minute we had created first version of Ganapati\u2019s image using the coins we had. Now we decided to improve it further. We managed to have a very good image by going through a few iterations in the remaining time. When judges examined all the entries, they found our entry most creative and most appealing. We won the prize!
When I look back at this incident, I see the elements of a classic agile project here. It also demonstrates a key element that drives success in Agile projects. Let me explain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What led us to this? The answer to this is not straightforward but many times we see that when we think collectively and creatively often we transcend our normal limits and come up with something totally new, totally different and brilliant! Something that none of us would have thought of by ourselves! The collective brainstorming by the team with no restraints and no fear of rejection, leads us into a creative domain where we enter the realm of lateral thinking and find great solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
These \u201caha\u201d moments get the teams excited and give them a different kind of thrill and happiness. This leads to higher motivation and greater bonding among team members, starting a positive performance cycle in the process. This is the phenomenon that builds stronger team spirit and team ownership and helps teams do progressively better and better. This is where the teams come face to face with true agility!<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agility and Team spirit","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agility-and-team-spirit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12674","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_11"};
Our team quickly decided to first collect the coins and everybody poured out whatever coins they had. We were quite surprised by the heap of coins that we could manage to get. Now came the difficult task of deciding what to do with those coins. Someone suggested we could create a tree from those coins. Someone said let\u2019s make a house. Suggestions were coming forth and the team was not happy with them. Clock was ticking. And someone suggested let\u2019s create a piggy bank. Again the idea did not have acceptance from most of the team members.
And then came a great suggestion \u2013 how about creating Ganapati? Ganapati?? Can we really do that? Yes, said most of the members. The whole team got excited on this suggestion and quickly we agreed on the shape. By the 10th minute we had created first version of Ganapati\u2019s image using the coins we had. Now we decided to improve it further. We managed to have a very good image by going through a few iterations in the remaining time. When judges examined all the entries, they found our entry most creative and most appealing. We won the prize!
When I look back at this incident, I see the elements of a classic agile project here. It also demonstrates a key element that drives success in Agile projects. Let me explain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What led us to this? The answer to this is not straightforward but many times we see that when we think collectively and creatively often we transcend our normal limits and come up with something totally new, totally different and brilliant! Something that none of us would have thought of by ourselves! The collective brainstorming by the team with no restraints and no fear of rejection, leads us into a creative domain where we enter the realm of lateral thinking and find great solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
These \u201caha\u201d moments get the teams excited and give them a different kind of thrill and happiness. This leads to higher motivation and greater bonding among team members, starting a positive performance cycle in the process. This is the phenomenon that builds stronger team spirit and team ownership and helps teams do progressively better and better. This is where the teams come face to face with true agility!<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agility and Team spirit","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agility-and-team-spirit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12674","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_11"};
Our team quickly decided to first collect the coins and everybody poured out whatever coins they had. We were quite surprised by the heap of coins that we could manage to get. Now came the difficult task of deciding what to do with those coins. Someone suggested we could create a tree from those coins. Someone said let\u2019s make a house. Suggestions were coming forth and the team was not happy with them. Clock was ticking. And someone suggested let\u2019s create a piggy bank. Again the idea did not have acceptance from most of the team members.
And then came a great suggestion \u2013 how about creating Ganapati? Ganapati?? Can we really do that? Yes, said most of the members. The whole team got excited on this suggestion and quickly we agreed on the shape. By the 10th minute we had created first version of Ganapati\u2019s image using the coins we had. Now we decided to improve it further. We managed to have a very good image by going through a few iterations in the remaining time. When judges examined all the entries, they found our entry most creative and most appealing. We won the prize!
When I look back at this incident, I see the elements of a classic agile project here. It also demonstrates a key element that drives success in Agile projects. Let me explain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What led us to this? The answer to this is not straightforward but many times we see that when we think collectively and creatively often we transcend our normal limits and come up with something totally new, totally different and brilliant! Something that none of us would have thought of by ourselves! The collective brainstorming by the team with no restraints and no fear of rejection, leads us into a creative domain where we enter the realm of lateral thinking and find great solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
These \u201caha\u201d moments get the teams excited and give them a different kind of thrill and happiness. This leads to higher motivation and greater bonding among team members, starting a positive performance cycle in the process. This is the phenomenon that builds stronger team spirit and team ownership and helps teams do progressively better and better. This is where the teams come face to face with true agility!<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agility and Team spirit","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agility-and-team-spirit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12674","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_11"};
Our team quickly decided to first collect the coins and everybody poured out whatever coins they had. We were quite surprised by the heap of coins that we could manage to get. Now came the difficult task of deciding what to do with those coins. Someone suggested we could create a tree from those coins. Someone said let\u2019s make a house. Suggestions were coming forth and the team was not happy with them. Clock was ticking. And someone suggested let\u2019s create a piggy bank. Again the idea did not have acceptance from most of the team members.
And then came a great suggestion \u2013 how about creating Ganapati? Ganapati?? Can we really do that? Yes, said most of the members. The whole team got excited on this suggestion and quickly we agreed on the shape. By the 10th minute we had created first version of Ganapati\u2019s image using the coins we had. Now we decided to improve it further. We managed to have a very good image by going through a few iterations in the remaining time. When judges examined all the entries, they found our entry most creative and most appealing. We won the prize!
When I look back at this incident, I see the elements of a classic agile project here. It also demonstrates a key element that drives success in Agile projects. Let me explain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What led us to this? The answer to this is not straightforward but many times we see that when we think collectively and creatively often we transcend our normal limits and come up with something totally new, totally different and brilliant! Something that none of us would have thought of by ourselves! The collective brainstorming by the team with no restraints and no fear of rejection, leads us into a creative domain where we enter the realm of lateral thinking and find great solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
These \u201caha\u201d moments get the teams excited and give them a different kind of thrill and happiness. This leads to higher motivation and greater bonding among team members, starting a positive performance cycle in the process. This is the phenomenon that builds stronger team spirit and team ownership and helps teams do progressively better and better. This is where the teams come face to face with true agility!<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agility and Team spirit","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agility-and-team-spirit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12674","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_11"};
Our team quickly decided to first collect the coins and everybody poured out whatever coins they had. We were quite surprised by the heap of coins that we could manage to get. Now came the difficult task of deciding what to do with those coins. Someone suggested we could create a tree from those coins. Someone said let\u2019s make a house. Suggestions were coming forth and the team was not happy with them. Clock was ticking. And someone suggested let\u2019s create a piggy bank. Again the idea did not have acceptance from most of the team members.
And then came a great suggestion \u2013 how about creating Ganapati? Ganapati?? Can we really do that? Yes, said most of the members. The whole team got excited on this suggestion and quickly we agreed on the shape. By the 10th minute we had created first version of Ganapati\u2019s image using the coins we had. Now we decided to improve it further. We managed to have a very good image by going through a few iterations in the remaining time. When judges examined all the entries, they found our entry most creative and most appealing. We won the prize!
When I look back at this incident, I see the elements of a classic agile project here. It also demonstrates a key element that drives success in Agile projects. Let me explain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What led us to this? The answer to this is not straightforward but many times we see that when we think collectively and creatively often we transcend our normal limits and come up with something totally new, totally different and brilliant! Something that none of us would have thought of by ourselves! The collective brainstorming by the team with no restraints and no fear of rejection, leads us into a creative domain where we enter the realm of lateral thinking and find great solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
These \u201caha\u201d moments get the teams excited and give them a different kind of thrill and happiness. This leads to higher motivation and greater bonding among team members, starting a positive performance cycle in the process. This is the phenomenon that builds stronger team spirit and team ownership and helps teams do progressively better and better. This is where the teams come face to face with true agility!<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agility and Team spirit","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agility-and-team-spirit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12674","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_11"};
Our team quickly decided to first collect the coins and everybody poured out whatever coins they had. We were quite surprised by the heap of coins that we could manage to get. Now came the difficult task of deciding what to do with those coins. Someone suggested we could create a tree from those coins. Someone said let\u2019s make a house. Suggestions were coming forth and the team was not happy with them. Clock was ticking. And someone suggested let\u2019s create a piggy bank. Again the idea did not have acceptance from most of the team members.
And then came a great suggestion \u2013 how about creating Ganapati? Ganapati?? Can we really do that? Yes, said most of the members. The whole team got excited on this suggestion and quickly we agreed on the shape. By the 10th minute we had created first version of Ganapati\u2019s image using the coins we had. Now we decided to improve it further. We managed to have a very good image by going through a few iterations in the remaining time. When judges examined all the entries, they found our entry most creative and most appealing. We won the prize!
When I look back at this incident, I see the elements of a classic agile project here. It also demonstrates a key element that drives success in Agile projects. Let me explain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What led us to this? The answer to this is not straightforward but many times we see that when we think collectively and creatively often we transcend our normal limits and come up with something totally new, totally different and brilliant! Something that none of us would have thought of by ourselves! The collective brainstorming by the team with no restraints and no fear of rejection, leads us into a creative domain where we enter the realm of lateral thinking and find great solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
These \u201caha\u201d moments get the teams excited and give them a different kind of thrill and happiness. This leads to higher motivation and greater bonding among team members, starting a positive performance cycle in the process. This is the phenomenon that builds stronger team spirit and team ownership and helps teams do progressively better and better. This is where the teams come face to face with true agility!<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agility and Team spirit","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agility-and-team-spirit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12674","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_11"};
Our team quickly decided to first collect the coins and everybody poured out whatever coins they had. We were quite surprised by the heap of coins that we could manage to get. Now came the difficult task of deciding what to do with those coins. Someone suggested we could create a tree from those coins. Someone said let\u2019s make a house. Suggestions were coming forth and the team was not happy with them. Clock was ticking. And someone suggested let\u2019s create a piggy bank. Again the idea did not have acceptance from most of the team members.
And then came a great suggestion \u2013 how about creating Ganapati? Ganapati?? Can we really do that? Yes, said most of the members. The whole team got excited on this suggestion and quickly we agreed on the shape. By the 10th minute we had created first version of Ganapati\u2019s image using the coins we had. Now we decided to improve it further. We managed to have a very good image by going through a few iterations in the remaining time. When judges examined all the entries, they found our entry most creative and most appealing. We won the prize!
When I look back at this incident, I see the elements of a classic agile project here. It also demonstrates a key element that drives success in Agile projects. Let me explain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What led us to this? The answer to this is not straightforward but many times we see that when we think collectively and creatively often we transcend our normal limits and come up with something totally new, totally different and brilliant! Something that none of us would have thought of by ourselves! The collective brainstorming by the team with no restraints and no fear of rejection, leads us into a creative domain where we enter the realm of lateral thinking and find great solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
These \u201caha\u201d moments get the teams excited and give them a different kind of thrill and happiness. This leads to higher motivation and greater bonding among team members, starting a positive performance cycle in the process. This is the phenomenon that builds stronger team spirit and team ownership and helps teams do progressively better and better. This is where the teams come face to face with true agility!<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agility and Team spirit","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agility-and-team-spirit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12674","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_11"};
Our team quickly decided to first collect the coins and everybody poured out whatever coins they had. We were quite surprised by the heap of coins that we could manage to get. Now came the difficult task of deciding what to do with those coins. Someone suggested we could create a tree from those coins. Someone said let\u2019s make a house. Suggestions were coming forth and the team was not happy with them. Clock was ticking. And someone suggested let\u2019s create a piggy bank. Again the idea did not have acceptance from most of the team members.
And then came a great suggestion \u2013 how about creating Ganapati? Ganapati?? Can we really do that? Yes, said most of the members. The whole team got excited on this suggestion and quickly we agreed on the shape. By the 10th minute we had created first version of Ganapati\u2019s image using the coins we had. Now we decided to improve it further. We managed to have a very good image by going through a few iterations in the remaining time. When judges examined all the entries, they found our entry most creative and most appealing. We won the prize!
When I look back at this incident, I see the elements of a classic agile project here. It also demonstrates a key element that drives success in Agile projects. Let me explain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What led us to this? The answer to this is not straightforward but many times we see that when we think collectively and creatively often we transcend our normal limits and come up with something totally new, totally different and brilliant! Something that none of us would have thought of by ourselves! The collective brainstorming by the team with no restraints and no fear of rejection, leads us into a creative domain where we enter the realm of lateral thinking and find great solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
These \u201caha\u201d moments get the teams excited and give them a different kind of thrill and happiness. This leads to higher motivation and greater bonding among team members, starting a positive performance cycle in the process. This is the phenomenon that builds stronger team spirit and team ownership and helps teams do progressively better and better. This is where the teams come face to face with true agility!<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agility and Team spirit","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agility-and-team-spirit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12674","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_11"};
Our team quickly decided to first collect the coins and everybody poured out whatever coins they had. We were quite surprised by the heap of coins that we could manage to get. Now came the difficult task of deciding what to do with those coins. Someone suggested we could create a tree from those coins. Someone said let\u2019s make a house. Suggestions were coming forth and the team was not happy with them. Clock was ticking. And someone suggested let\u2019s create a piggy bank. Again the idea did not have acceptance from most of the team members.
And then came a great suggestion \u2013 how about creating Ganapati? Ganapati?? Can we really do that? Yes, said most of the members. The whole team got excited on this suggestion and quickly we agreed on the shape. By the 10th minute we had created first version of Ganapati\u2019s image using the coins we had. Now we decided to improve it further. We managed to have a very good image by going through a few iterations in the remaining time. When judges examined all the entries, they found our entry most creative and most appealing. We won the prize!
When I look back at this incident, I see the elements of a classic agile project here. It also demonstrates a key element that drives success in Agile projects. Let me explain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What led us to this? The answer to this is not straightforward but many times we see that when we think collectively and creatively often we transcend our normal limits and come up with something totally new, totally different and brilliant! Something that none of us would have thought of by ourselves! The collective brainstorming by the team with no restraints and no fear of rejection, leads us into a creative domain where we enter the realm of lateral thinking and find great solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
These \u201caha\u201d moments get the teams excited and give them a different kind of thrill and happiness. This leads to higher motivation and greater bonding among team members, starting a positive performance cycle in the process. This is the phenomenon that builds stronger team spirit and team ownership and helps teams do progressively better and better. This is where the teams come face to face with true agility!<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agility and Team spirit","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agility-and-team-spirit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12674","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_11"};
Our team quickly decided to first collect the coins and everybody poured out whatever coins they had. We were quite surprised by the heap of coins that we could manage to get. Now came the difficult task of deciding what to do with those coins. Someone suggested we could create a tree from those coins. Someone said let\u2019s make a house. Suggestions were coming forth and the team was not happy with them. Clock was ticking. And someone suggested let\u2019s create a piggy bank. Again the idea did not have acceptance from most of the team members.
And then came a great suggestion \u2013 how about creating Ganapati? Ganapati?? Can we really do that? Yes, said most of the members. The whole team got excited on this suggestion and quickly we agreed on the shape. By the 10th minute we had created first version of Ganapati\u2019s image using the coins we had. Now we decided to improve it further. We managed to have a very good image by going through a few iterations in the remaining time. When judges examined all the entries, they found our entry most creative and most appealing. We won the prize!
When I look back at this incident, I see the elements of a classic agile project here. It also demonstrates a key element that drives success in Agile projects. Let me explain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What led us to this? The answer to this is not straightforward but many times we see that when we think collectively and creatively often we transcend our normal limits and come up with something totally new, totally different and brilliant! Something that none of us would have thought of by ourselves! The collective brainstorming by the team with no restraints and no fear of rejection, leads us into a creative domain where we enter the realm of lateral thinking and find great solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
These \u201caha\u201d moments get the teams excited and give them a different kind of thrill and happiness. This leads to higher motivation and greater bonding among team members, starting a positive performance cycle in the process. This is the phenomenon that builds stronger team spirit and team ownership and helps teams do progressively better and better. This is where the teams come face to face with true agility!<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agility and Team spirit","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agility-and-team-spirit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-01-25 13:30:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/pm-powerconsulting.com\/?p=12674","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_11"};
Milind Rumade
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