Philip was working in an organization that was undergoing an Agile transformation. As they started to work with a few teams, they observed that the teams were quite large, and had a trade union representative. This meant that the teams were heavily silo-ed, with testers only doing testing, developers only programming, etc. Because of this, the teams could not be made smaller. In this episode, we discuss how we can help teams improve, even when they are stuck with their current structure. Philip shares the Team Canvas, to help facilitate the definition of working agreements.
Featured Book of the Week: Agile Retrospectives by Esther Derby and Diana Larsen
In Agile Retrospectives by Esther Derby and Diana Larsen, Philip found a book that helped him learn how to run effective retrospectives and become a retrospective specialist. As he practices his approaches to retrospectives, Philip ended up creating a Trello Board with many retrospective formats to serve as inspiration and help other Scrum Masters host great retrospectives. You can check out Philip’s retrospective Trello Board here.
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About Philip Rogers
Phil, is a father of four children and volunteer paleontologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. He is also an “agile whisperer” (coach) who has worked with scores of teams in the spirit of continuous learning, continuous improvement, and simply finding creative ways to collaborate and have fun in the workplace.
You can link with Philip Rogers on LinkedIn and connect with Philip Rogers on Twitter.
