Kanban Failure: No Working Agreement
Not having a working agreement in Kanban leads to team misalignment, inefficiency, and conflict. Clear agreements ensure roles, goals, and processes …
Team performance is a systemic indicator of how well a team consistently delivers value, reflecting its collaborative and technical delivery capability over time.

eam performance refers to the consistent ability of a team to deliver outcomes through its system of work. It reflects delivery capability over time, as measured by observable patterns in flow, responsiveness, and quality.
Performance emerges from the structure and constraints of the system the team operates within. It is influenced by team composition, collaboration habits, skill alignment, and clarity of purpose. This makes team performance a system-level capability, not an individual or cultural trait.
By evaluating team performance using flow metrics (e.g., throughput, cycle time), retrospectives, and empirical signals, organisations can identify whether teams are improving, stagnating, or constrained by external dependencies. High-performing teams show consistency and adaptability in delivery, even in the face of change.
Improving team performance is a matter of system design: limiting work in progress, refining collaboration patterns, and improving visibility into blockers. This systemic lens ensures improvements are sustainable and repeatable across the organisation.
Not having a working agreement in Kanban leads to team misalignment, inefficiency, and conflict. Clear agreements ensure roles, goals, and processes …
Explores the benefits and challenges of collocation in Scrum teams, comparing face-to-face collaboration with remote work, and offering practical …
Explores how judgment in Agile teams harms morale and innovation, and offers practical steps to create a supportive, collaborative, and growth-focused …
Learn when to use an Agile Process Simulation workshop to support struggling Scrum Masters, improve team dynamics, and foster collaborative, effective …
Explores how Agile teams can avoid overloading backlogs, Sprints, and products by focusing on prioritisation, value delivery, and lean, effective …
Explains the risks of using say-do metrics in Agile, highlighting how they encourage vanity metrics, harm psychological safety, and shift focus from …
Explore how immersive, double-loop learning in Professional Scrum Master training helps Scrum Masters apply theory, reflect, and collaborate to solve …
Guidance on running live virtual Scrum classes using Microsoft Teams and Mural, focusing on tech setup, safe collaboration, self-organising teams, and …
Summary of a multi-team Professional Scrum training at DFDS Seaways in Immingham, UK, highlighting co-located learning, cross-team collaboration, and …
Explains burndown charts in Scrum, their purpose, common issues, and compares tracking by hours, story points, and acceptance tests to improve team …
Explains why story points and velocity can mislead Agile teams, and recommends focusing on throughput, cycle time, and customer value for effective …
Explains how empiricism—continuous observation, inspection, and adaptation—drives Agile success by enabling teams to respond effectively to real …
Explores how addressing technical debt boosts innovation, team morale, and value delivery by enabling agile development, better products, and …
Explores how relying on story points and velocity can harm Agile teams, advocating for objective metrics like cycle time and throughput to boost …
Explores how practising charity—helping others without expecting rewards—strengthens Agile teams, boosts collaboration, and drives organisational …
Step-by-step guide to effective Sprint Planning in Scrum, covering goal setting, backlog selection, team capacity, actionable plans, and clear …
Explores common pitfalls in early Scrum adoption, highlighting why full team involvement in sprint planning is crucial and lessons learned from a …
Explores how performance metrics shape team engagement and collaboration, highlighting the impact of measurement on behaviour, motivation, and …
Explores how peer feedback in immersive Scrum and Agile training enhances learning, fosters real-world application, and supports continuous …
Explains how project management mindsets in Product Owners can harm Agile teams, and offers practical strategies to promote value-driven, …
Explores the limitations of story points, optimal team sizes, and the benefits of emergent architecture for improving agile practices and team …
Manual testing limits release speed and quality, while automation enables faster, more reliable software delivery by reducing regressions and tester …
Explains how Scrum reveals team dysfunctions by clarifying roles and accountability, highlighting its purpose to expose issues that hinder value …
Explore and compare Agile frameworks. Understand their principles, applications, and impact on organisational agility and value delivery.
Learn how to design, review, and adapt Kanban boards to accurately visualise workflows, identify bottlenecks, and support continuous improvement in …
Learn how to design and customise Kanban boards to visualise workflows, identify bottlenecks, and boost team efficiency through clear, practical …
Driving software design through automated tests for better quality.
One Engineering System (1ES) is a strategic standardised, integrated framework designed to streamline software development by unifying tools, …
Worried about cloud migration chaos? Discover why a hybrid approach beats “lift and shift” and how to align teams for a seamless, risk-free …
Gain practical skills in Scrum, Agile, and DevOps for software development, with hands-on team exercises and preparation for the Professional Scrum …
Advanced 2-day course for experienced Scrum Masters covering servant leadership, conflict resolution, facilitation, metrics, and includes PSM II …
Interactive course for Product Owners covering Scrum roles, backlog refinement, estimation, technical debt, and team collaboration through hands-on …
Learn practical steps for Agile teams to address ineffective Product Owners, including support, education, relationship-building, and fostering team …
Hands-on course teaching Scrum fundamentals, Agile mindset, and teamwork through interactive exercises, with the option to earn the Professional Scrum …
Combined Scrum Master and Product Owner training covering Agile mindset, Scrum framework, value delivery, backlog management, and certification exam …
Gain practical facilitation skills to improve Scrum team collaboration, decision making, and event effectiveness, with certification for experienced …
Explains why the Scrum Master role requires experience and competence, debunking the myth of a "junior" Scrum Master and highlighting the need for …
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Genus Breeding Ltd

Brandes Investment Partners L.P.

DFDS

Workday

MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Ltd.

Sage

ALS Life Sciences

Jack Links

Microsoft

Lean SA
NIT A/S

ProgramUtvikling

Emerson Process Management

Epic Games
CR2

Slaughter and May

Washington Department of Enterprise Services

Royal Air Force

Ghana Police Service

Washington Department of Transport

New Hampshire Supreme Court

Department of Work and Pensions (UK)

Slaughter and May

ALS Life Sciences

Healthgrades

Illumina

Lockheed Martin

Schlumberger