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D.O.W.N.T.I.M.E.

What to look out for when inspecting your work

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Deep-dive into selected topic of high importance by group of interest

Enabling all participants to voice their opinions

gr. μαιευτικός maieutikhos It is named after the classical greek philosopher Socrates and is introduced by him in Plato’s Theaetetus as midwifery (maieutics) because it is employed to bring out definitions implicit in the interlocutors’ beliefs, or to help them further their understanding. 1 It’s not suited for discovering new...

Goals Identification Team and new SM both define potential opportunities and challenges ahead Defining clear rules and values from the start of cooperation in new team Team identifies areas they treat as important Fresh start with health attitude Participants The Team Scrum Master Prerequisites Room and items needed Room to...

Definitions Product - an item produced by a process, meeting the requirements. meeting the requirements - passing Acceptance Criteria associated with requirements. Release - a finished Product that serves as a base for all client-facing versions. Clients - Any team internal and external that uses released product that developers supposed...

Being a grupmy cat is not a bad thing, but it’s not very productive either. In this scenario we try to teach our team how to turn their grumbles in constructive way. Team learns how to express their needs in actionable way, so that they can be addressed by involved...

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Team defines goal state

Team identifies key components of goal state

Team asserts current state

Team defines action items leading to the goal

Making workplace better is a never ending process. Having a checklist of different practices and behaviors to take notice of eases the task by providing a starting point in inspect phase of inspect&adapt cycle. It’s not a complete list, but it’s a start. It’s beneficial to create such list as...

Measurement is a key part of tracking progress of any kind of work. Well defined and transparent way of measuring, with a goal of improving key areas of focus is a key to success. It’s not enough to just measure, we need to act on the results, of course, but...