People that are passively sitting & listening to words are NOT actively learning. Here are 6 takeaways to make your next training stick and to move information into long-term memory. Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Dominic
How to always be on time with your software project
Some days ago I read the #NoEstimates Book from Vasco Duarte. I liked the techniques and ideas described in this book that helped me to explore the #NoEstimates topic in a very practical way. I want to give you a short summary on why the classic estimation culture in the software industry has to change and why #NoEstimates will change the way how you drive your business today – Learn how to predict the release date of your project without estimating! Continue Reading →
How creative workers learn 
This resource should help you to become a continuous learner, finding opportunities in the world you live and work in.
The Instant Retrospective
The Instant Retrospective helps agile teams to tackle problems instantly. The strength of this technique is the strong focus and solution orientated approach! It gives you the chance to fight against problems that prevents the team to perform. Continue Reading →
Top 20 Agile Books for Product Owners
A few month ago I started to collect a list of the Top Agile Books for Scrum Masters from various social channels. I received so much feedback on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook so that I decided to divide the books into five different categories: Top agile books for Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Agile Developers, Leadership & Agile Coaching. In this blog post I want to show you the Top 20 Agile Books for Product Owners recommend by the community. Continue Reading →
Top 20 Agile Books for Software Developers
In one of my last posts I published the Top 30 Agile Books for Scrum Masters. I was collecting a list of the best agile books from various social channels and I received so much feedback that I divided the books into different categories: Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Agile Developers, Leadership & Agile Coaching. In this blog post I want to show you the result of the best 20 Agile Books for Software Developers. Continue Reading →
Top 30 Agile Books for Scrum Masters
For several weeks I was collecting a list of the best agile books for scrum masters. I started to ask some communities on social networks where I got a lot of feedback! The contribution was so high that I received more than 100+ unique books. I decided to divide them into 5 different categories – Books for: Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Agile Developers, Leadership & Agile Coaching. In this blog post I will start with the Top 30 Agile Books for Scrum Masters. Continue Reading →
6 Brilliant Ways To Slice User Stories
In one of my blog post about Impact Mapping I was writing about a tool to evaluate your assumptions regarding your product. The result of this technique is a product backlog with big stories prioritized by business value. In this post I would like to show you 6 simple ways how to split your big user stories vertically. Continue Reading →
The LEGO® – Retrospective
The LEGO® – Retrospective is a quite nice method I tried out with a team in my current company. The reason why this exercise is so exciting is the fact that team members are joining a totally new creative space where they can try out to express their thoughts on an abstract layer. In this post I’d like to share some experiences about this improvised retrospective. Continue Reading →
How to combine Jira with physical boards
In Scrum Teams I used to work always with physical cork boards or whiteboards to visualize the status of a running sprint. Nowadays many companies have distributed teams. Therefore it is quite common to use project management toos like JIRA, Trac or Trello. The first time I was confronted with a distributed team I noticed some interesting details with these tools. In this blog post I want to explain why digital and physical boards do not contradict each other and why it still makes sense to use physical boards.