bryanmillstein

Doing more frequent retrospectives where you reflect on what hasn't been going well can help. A big challenge with that is creating an environment where people feel comfortable opening up and sharing their concerns.…

Psychological safety: "The belief that one will not be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes, and that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking" - Amy Edmondson

The biggest difference between high performing and average teams is the amount of introspection they do as a group. If your team isn't doing this or isn't getting value from it, I want to help. This is my passion and…

Some teams do retrospectives to reflect on ways to improve. Some teams do 360 feedback. Other teams wait for problems and handle them in the moment. What does your team do? What do you wish they did differently?

I'm working on a new project to try to help development teams work better together. I'm particularly interested in improving interactions between developers and PMs. I've been both a developer and PM. I think there's a…

I'm working on a new project to try to help development teams work better together. I'm particularly interested in improving interactions between developers and PMs. I've been both a developer and PM. I think there's a…

In my experience it usually goes something like this: 1. Product manager creates user story. 2. PM meets with engineers to discuss the story and answer questions. 3. Engineers meet to break down the story into…

I'm curious to see if any company would want someone from outside their team to help run scrum ceremonies. I'm a PM and developer but the best part of my job is running scrum meetings, especially the retrospective. I…