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Apr 11, 2019

Backlog Refinement and Sprint Planning: Similarities and Differences

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Philip Rogers in A Path Less Taken

Oct 25, 2015

Lean Coffee Facilitator’s Guide

I have facilitated many Lean Coffee sessions over the years, and have found Lean Coffee to be one of the…

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Philip Rogers in A Path Less Taken

Jul 22, 2017

Swarming: A Team-based Approach to Getting Work Done

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Philip Rogers in A Path Less Taken

Jan 7, 2018

Back to Basics: Writing and Splitting User Stories

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Philip Rogers in A Path Less Taken

Jun 20, 2021

Team Health Checks

One of the dynamics that I have observed while working in a great many organizations over the years is this: when leaders say…

Philip Rogers in A Path Less Taken

Aug 6, 2017

Inception: Getting to Rapid Alignment on Team Vision and Goals

Inception consists of a series of up to 11 exercises that help teams rapidly arrive at a shared understanding. For an Inception session to be successful, it is very important for there to be a neutral facilitator present…

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Philip Rogers in A Path Less Taken

May 20, 2014

Agile Retrospective Technique #2

30-minute retrospective

Philip Rogers in A Path Less Taken

Dec 16, 2020

Dependency Management Techniques

In an ideal world, Agile teams are set up to minimize the number of external dependencies, and if…

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Philip Rogers in A Path Less Taken

Apr 26, 2020

Team APIs

In their book Team Topologies: Organizing business and technology teams for fast flow, one of the many fascinating topics that Matthew…

Philip Rogers in A Path Less Taken

Aug 30, 2017

Better Together — XP and Scrum

Something that I have found vexing for quite some time is how common it is for many in the industry to…

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A Path Less Taken

This collection has insights from books, includes observations based on my own experiences and what I have learned from colleagues in working with teams over many decades, and offers a grab bag of insights on life, meaning, and emerging tech.

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