Thoughts, stories, tips, tricks and all things Agile for Software Development, Project Management, Remote Work and beyond.
Agile Retrospectives
This post is from our Agile vault. Articles previously published on the SoftwareDevTools Blog that we're re-publishing. In that blog we discussed everything from Agile adoption, distributed work, and the Atlassian ecosystem. As you begin to run your first Retrospectives, you will discover how the collective work of
Agile
This post is from our Agile vault. Articles previously published on the SoftwareDevTools Blog that we're re-publishing. In that blog we discussed everything from Agile adoption, distributed work, and the Atlassian ecosystem. If your Daily Stand-ups are taking longer than 15 minutes, you surely are doing something wrong.
Agile
This post is from our Agile vault. Articles previously published on the SoftwareDevTools (SDT) Blog that we're re-publishing. SDT's blog discussed everything from Agile adoption, distributed work, and the Atlassian ecosystem. A highly anticipated talk by Sherif Mansour — Principal Product Manager, who presented the audience with
Agile
With the growing trend of agile frameworks adoption among companies, one topic that draws more attention from beginners is how to properly conduct an Agile Retrospective. These sessions are a really effective way for teams to develop a continuous improvement approach that enables them to build better products and services.
Agile
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past months, you should be familiar with how the remote and hybrid work models are 'the new black'. This has prompted employers and managers to be mindful of adapting their infrastructure and organizational culture to those models, with
Productivity
Keeping your team's work fully transparent for every member is crucial. This will help you stay away from a lot of inefficiencies in your team that come from a team member not knowing the status of another's work. Transparency helps to avoid these work bottlenecks and
Agile
Catapult Labs (Formerly SoftwareDevTools) published #AgileTalks. A series of video interviews with Agilistas worldwide. We discuss several topics that are of interest for Agile methodologies practitioners. On one of our latest conversations, we had the chance to sit down with Reese Schmit to discuss the importance of Agile communities. Reese
Customer Support
When you read the term "customer service," we can bet you envision a bustling office with countless cubicles and representatives tirelessly answering calls, and indeed, in many cases, this is the scenario regardless of the line of business. Large companies often adopt standardized systems to handle repetitive issues.
Agile
This post is from our Agile vault. Articles previously published on the SoftwareDevTools Blog that we're re-publishing. In that blog we discussed everything from Agile adoption, distributed work, and the Atlassian ecosystem. February 6th is a special day for the Agile community worldwide. February 6th was the #WorldRetrospectiveDay,
Agile
What are Agile retrospectives? A retrospective is simply defined as, “looking back on or dealing with past events or situations.” Team retrospectives help teams examine what went right and, just as importantly, what went wrong on a project. The value of Agile Retrospectives Retrospectives are popular in the team-working world
Agile
(This post is based on Rob's Guide to Effective Retrospectives) Facilitating an #Agile Retrospective session is super easy and anybody can do it. Facilitating a productive, engaging and efficient Agile Retrospective session, however, requires practice and a very special set of skills that not everyone has nor is
Software Development
This post is from our Agile vault. Articles previously published on the SoftwareDevTools Blog that we're re-publishing. In that blog we discussed everything from Agile adoption, distributed work, and the Atlassian ecosystem. SoftwareDevTools is now CatapultLabs There are many benefits to building a remote team, but it does