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Ranjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensLimit Work in Progress | Kanban PracticeAre you a firefighter in your Scrum team?
Are Product Backlog Items being pushed on you?
Don't be a firefighter on your Scrum team, limit your work in progress and flow!
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-2401 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensVisualize workflow | Kanban PracticeIs your workflow visualized in a software tool online?
Try visualizing the workflow to a physical board with post-its and see how Developers take ownership!
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-2302 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensThroughput | Kanban Flow MetricIs Quantity more important than Quality?
Throughput helps the Product Owner forecast the amount of value that can be delivered to the Stakeholders.
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-2201 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensWork Item Aging | Kanban Flow MetricIs a User story not being cared for?
Is a User story blocking the flow in the team?
A filter for Work Item Aging (eg: 5 days in a 1 month Sprint) helps the Developers and Product Owner pay attention to those user stories that are clogging up the flow.
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-2102 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensCycle Time | Kanban Flow MetricOur SLA called for 4 hours resolution time!
Our team managed to resolve with a cycle time of 2 hours!!
We were mighty proud :)
Do you know your team cycle time?
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-2001 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensWork in Progress | Kanban Flow MetricCan you multitask and keep your Scrum Team and Product Owner happy?
Not always, especially when things are undone and nobody is happy.
A little bit of WIP to the rescue and get your Scrum Team to flow!
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-1902 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensIncrement | Scrum ArtifactDo you have a DoD in your Scrum Team?
Do you stick to your DoD come what may?
A simple DoD rule of a Development team I was part of was that every piece of code had to have unit tests with full test coverage.
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-1802 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensSprint Backlog | Scrum ArtifactWould you play football without goals?
Fuzzy Sprint Goal: Enable the platform with social logins
Measurable Sprint Goal: Enable the platform with a Google account login
SMART criteria for a goal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-1702 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensProduct Backlog | Scrum ArtifactDoes a company run without a mission or vision?
Should a Scrum Team take the time to create a Product Goal together?
How does the Product Goal sets the direction for every single Product Backlog Item that is created and worked on!
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-1602 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensSprint Retrospective | Scrum EventCI for Developers
CD for DevOps
Continuous Improvement with the help of "Sprint Retrospectives"
Useful links:
https://www.funretrospectives.com/
https://miro.com/templates/retrospective/
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-1502 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensSprint Review | Scrum EventIs your Sprint Review a looooooong PowerPoint presentation?
How about balancing it with Live demos and a slide here and there?
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-1403 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensSprint Planning | Scrum EventPlanning the "WHAT" and the "HOW"
How we had a goal (WHAT) to upgrade 1000 users to a new version and managed to do it in Sprint by splitting it into well defined user stories(HOW)
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-1303 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensThe Sprint | Scrum EventJust imagine, working on a long project over many years with no milestone!
Just imagine, working on a long project with multiple milestones in the form of Sprints (one month of less) delivering value and continuous feedback!!
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-1201 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensDaily Scrum | Scrum EventHave you attended a "Daily Scrum" once a week? I did.
Here is our journey which which took our "Daily Scrum" from once a week to once a day (right before lunch).
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-1103 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensProduct Owner | Scrum Role"You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries, they only asked one question after a man died, ‘Did he have passion?'" - Serendipity
How passion in a Product Owner can move mountains for a team!
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-1003 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensDevelopers | Scrum RoleDevelopers climbing a mountain together with a plan, pivoting in-between and reaching the summit!
Developers mastering a Sprint together with a Sprint Backlog, pivoting in-between and reaching the Sprint Goal!
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-0905 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensOpenness | Scrum ValueHow do you feel when a project is stopped and it comes as a surprise?
What if the Stakeholder and Scrum team are open with each other?
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-0801 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensRespect | Scrum ValueA little respect goes a long way!
How the Scrum Master intervened and helped a team learn the value of respect.
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-0702 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensCommitment | Scrum ValueThumbs up for the SMART Sprint GOAL!
Do you reassess your Sprint GOAL when the Scrum Team does not commit?
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-0601 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensCourage | Scrum ValueWould you develop a feature that the customer does not need?
Showing courage and gaining the trust of the stakeholder.
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-0501 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensFocus | Scrum ValueHow focussing on one task at a time makes a difference?
Learning to focus with Alphabets, Numbers and Roman numerals.
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-0402 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensAdaptation | Pillar of ScrumAre you a chameleon ready to blend and adapt with the surroundings to stay safe? How does a thermostat maintain a cosy temperature in a room by adapting?2021-12-0302 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensInspection | Pillar of ScrumDo you like to be inspected?
What if inspection happens from within?
Combining my love for hiking and comparing it with Inspection.2021-12-0202 minRanjith Venkatesh @ Moss and LichensTransparency | Pillar of ScrumOlly Opaque's journey to becoming Totally transparent.
A funny take on "Transparency" - a pillar of Scrum.
Agile Coach: Ranjith Venkatesh
Company: Moss and Lichens
Website: https://mossandlichens.com/
Workshops and Coaching: https://mossandlichens.com/workshops/2021-12-0101 min
Ranjith Venkatesh | Speaker ShineEvaluation2021-03-1204 minRanjith Venkatesh | Speaker ShineRemain or Leave2021-03-1205 minRanjith Venkatesh | Speaker ShineOne banana at a time2021-03-1207 minRanjith Venkatesh | Speaker ShineMy Grandpa and my hobbies2021-03-1208 minRanjith Venkatesh | Speaker ShineMeow2021-03-1206 minRanjith Venkatesh | Speaker ShineEvaluation contest2021-03-1203 minRanjith Venkatesh | Speaker ShineBelongI´d worked a very long time to get where I was in life. I studied hard, graduated from university and had reached my dream. Jobless. Contest chair, fellow Toastmasters, guests and those who have been jobless at some point in your life. I was an Indian, with a masters of IT – there were two […]2015-11-2407 min