The 18 Characteristics of a Great Product Owner

During a recent Product Owner training, I gave the participants the assignment to complete the sentence “A great Product Owner…” The result was a nice overview of the characteristics, skills, and conditions necessary to fulfill this role in a…

A Poem About Servant Leadership

During the training ‘Coaching Agile Teams’ given by the Agile Coaching Institute, a poem was shared about servant leadership. I loved it. Now I’m sharing it.

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The 9 Characteristics of the Ideal Agile Tender

Does the traditional tender process still work if an organization invites tenders for an agile project? According to Barry Overeem and Rini van Solingen, it doesn’t. However, there is an alternative. They describe nine characteristics of the ideal…

The Three Levels of Listening

Recently I attended the training ‘Coaching Agile Teams’ provided by Michael Spayd and Michael Hamman. During this excellent 3-day course a variety of useful models were introduced. In this blog post, I’ll share the ‘three levels of listening’. I’ll explain the theory combined…

The 14 Characteristics of a Great Agile Customer

This article will be about 14 characteristics of a great agile customer. The focus is mainly on the ‘external’ customer, but most given examples are also relevant to ‘internal’ customers.

The 25 Characteristics of a Great Development Team

Recently I wrote an article about the characteristics of a great Product Owner. It gave me the idea to do the same for the Development Team and Scrum Master. This blog post focuses on the Development Team; I’ll describe the characteristics…