8 types of wastes in manufacturing
Key points:
D.O.W.N.T.I.M.E.
What to look out for when inspecting your work
Fishbowl
Key points:
Deep-dive into selected topic of high importance by group of interest
Enabling all participants to voice their opinions
Maieutics - Socratic method
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...
Opportunities and challenges
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...
Project management checklist
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...
Turning grumble into actions
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...
Teams vision of goal
Key points:
Team defines goal state
Team identifies key components of goal state
Team asserts current state
Team defines action items leading to the goal
Workplace checklist
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...
You care only about what you measure
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...