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What Tools does a Scrum Master need?

22. March 2021 / dermarkus

When you take on a team as a freshly baked Scrum Master, you may ask yourself a lot of questions. Therefore, today we will not talk about our toolbox of methods, but about the very mundane tools. … and when everyone is in home office, everything changes anyway.

How to improve Teamwork

2. March 2021 / dermarkus

We keep staffing new teams over and over again, and of course we want them to »work« as quickly as possible, but we are constantly disappointed, how long the teambuilding process takes. Is there any way to speed it up?

The Difference between Guessing and Estimating

16. February 2021 / dermarkus

If I tell you, that we are mostly simply guessing, when we say, that we are estimating, you might be outraged, but how come, that our planning does not work out, even so nothing unforeseen has happened?

How to deal with Superstars

10. February 2021 / dermarkus

We have been working for years to view the team as a unit and say goodbye to individual roles. However, there are two types of colleagues standing in our way, and that (in most cases) without wanting to.

Culture and Agility 2: How to initiate the Cultural Change

1. February 2021 / dermarkus

Last time we made it clear, that an agile transformation is also accompanied by a cultural change. Today we want to take a closer look at what this entails and how we can do it in practice.

Effective and efficient Meetings 3: Method of decision making

28. January 2021 / dermarkus

Cartoon: Decision Making for Professionals

If our meetings do not seem to end, it is mostly because we are struggling to make a decision. Today we want to look at a very simple method for structured decision-making.

Culture and Agility 1: You have Issues – deal with it

18. January 2021 / dermarkus

When agility in a company fails, it is often because we have tried to look at it in isolation. We have more talked about a method than the principle. And when we talk about the principle of agile, we are deeply immersed in cultural topics – whether we want it or not.

Effective and efficient Meetings 2: moderating

14. January 2021 / dermarkus

Cartoon: When discussions become complicated

Most meetings are used to make decisions together. But when we try that without structure or proper method, the process is cumbersome and frustrating, and in the end we all want to kill each other. If we are lucky, we end up with a decision after several hours that nobody is really happy with. We make things unnecessary difficult, because we believe, that we can make things easy. All we need is a little method.

Why Selflessness is good for your Career

5. January 2021 / dermarkus

Cartoon: Career Planning for Professionals

We have heard a lot about what to do to »move forward« in our jobs, and most of these well meant advices are either not heling or even harmful. Why does no one talk about the most obvious?

Effective and efficient Meetings 1: motivation, goal and structure

15. December 2020 / dermarkus

If we ask about waste in any way in any round, meetings are usually mentioned first. Too often we feel like we talk endlessly and achieve nothing. And while everyone claims to have the formula for better, faster meetings, not much is changing. Why is that and how do you really make better meetings?