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Level-Up Your Retrospective With Strategy Knotworking
Level-Up Your Retrospective With Strategy Knotworking
An alternative for yet another “start-stop-change” Retrospective
Barry Overeem
Jul 14
What Is Holding You Back?
What Is Holding You Back?
An interesting question to reflect on…
Barry Overeem
Jul 7
Experiment: Guerilla testing
Experiment: Guerilla testing
In our book — the Zombie Scrum Survival Guide — we dive deep into what causes Zombie Scrum; something that looks like Scrum from a distance…
Zombie Scrum Resistance
Jun 30
Are Agilists Arrogant? On Frameworks And Goodness-Of-Fit
Are Agilists Arrogant? On Frameworks And Goodness-Of-Fit
This post is an opinion piece. While I discuss some scientific studies, the core argument is an opinion—and opinions change. I’m sharing…
Christiaan Verwijs
Jun 24
In-Depth: How Social Cohesion Shapes Teamwork And How To Improve It
In-Depth: How Social Cohesion Shapes Teamwork And How To Improve It
Do you remember the best team you’ve been part of? What about that team made it the best team for you? Chances are, your list will include…
Christiaan Verwijs
Jun 17
Can Organizations Handle True Agility?
Can Organizations Handle True Agility?
The balance between tangible frameworks (like Scrum) and more agnostic and abstract approaches (like Agile in general)
Barry Overeem
Jun 9
Explore The Agile Team Effectiveness Model With Your Team
Explore The Agile Team Effectiveness Model With Your Team
A simple 90-minute workshop format to familiarize your team (and others) with the Agile Team Effectiveness model
Barry Overeem
Jun 5
Drive Improvement In And Around Your Team With Our Facilitation Kits
Drive Improvement In And Around Your Team With Our Facilitation Kits
Our mission at The Liberators is to unleash teams all over the world from outdated, old-fashioned, and ineffective ways of working. We give…
Christiaan Verwijs
Jun 3
Is The Product Owner An Order Maker Or Order Taker?
Is The Product Owner An Order Maker Or Order Taker?
How would you describe your Product Owner? Or what do you consider yourself?
Barry Overeem
May 26
Why Science Is Essential To Professionalize Our Community
Why Science Is Essential To Professionalize Our Community
A while ago, I appealed to the Agile community to rely more on scientific research and less on personal opinions. I’m worried that the…
Christiaan Verwijs
May 20
Liberating Structures: Old Wine In New Bottles?
Liberating Structures: Old Wine In New Bottles?
How many Liberating Structures came to birth by closely collaborating with and drawing inspiration from others
Barry Overeem
May 12
How We Deploy Features For Columinity
How We Deploy Features For Columinity
Many years ago, I wrote a provocative post that argued that separate testing and acceptance environments (DTAP or OTAP) are wasteful. Many…
Christiaan Verwijs
May 6
What Scrum Is Not!
What Scrum Is Not!
And an illustration to capture what we believe is the essence
Barry Overeem
Apr 28
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