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Turtle Powered Party

Posted on August 13, 2015 by jayhyett

Last weekend was my son’s 5th birthday party and being a child of 5 years of age he absolutely loves the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Each Sunday morning we watch the classic 80’s cartoon version on television, much like I … Continue reading →

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Cricket Themed Retrospective Revisited

Posted on August 5, 2015 by jayhyett

I was thinking of a different themed retrospective for one of the teams I’ve been working with recently. We’ve been together for roughly three months and majority of the retrospectives we’ve had have been following the what’s working, what’s not … Continue reading →

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Brief thought on adopting the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

Posted on July 29, 2015 by jayhyett

Tonight we hosted the Melbourne Agile and Scrum meetup at our office with the theme being reflections on the Agile Australia 2015 conference. The concept was open space  which allowed everyone to self organise into groups and for the conversation to flow … Continue reading →

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Submarine Themed Retrospective

Posted on July 11, 2015 by jayhyett

Agile Australia was a couple of weeks ago and one of the key note speakers was David Marquet. David is a retired U.S. Navel Captain of the nuclear powered submarine the USS Santa Fe and the author of the Turn … Continue reading →

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Watching you watching me.

Posted on June 2, 2015 by jayhyett

A couple of months ago whilst I was out running, I was listening to a podcast (The B.S Report) where the host Bill Simmons was interviewing Doug Collins about his playing and coaching career. During the interview (around 51:00) Doug talks about watching … Continue reading →

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Finishing retrospectives with a positive vibe

Posted on May 30, 2015 by jayhyett

We run our team retrospective on a Friday afternoon and it’s usually the last thing we do as a team before we start our weekends. To ensure that everyone has the opportunity to start their weekend in a positive way … Continue reading →

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If you don’t schedule it, it won’t happen.

Posted on April 30, 2015 by jayhyett

I can’t quite remember where I heard this saying, but it has been something I’ve been thinking about quite a lot lately. You can think about what needs to be done or you can make the time to turn those … Continue reading →

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Cricket World Cup themed Retrospective

Posted on March 14, 2015 by jayhyett

The Cricket World Cup is in full swing at the moment, and therefore I thought it would be a good idea to bring a cricket theme to our team retrospective yesterday. First off we drew a cricket bat hitting a … Continue reading →

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The Story Graveyard

Posted on February 25, 2015 by jayhyett

Do you have user stories hanging out in your backlog that seem to always get deprioritised at planning meetings? As a team with a semi operational function to it we have this problem quite reguarly, with stories that don’t fall … Continue reading →

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Run Run Run

Posted on February 19, 2015 by jayhyett

This week I took part in another Fitbit challenge with some colleagues from work. The challenge was who could finish a 24 hour period with the most steps. Having lost my previous two challenges I was determined to not let … Continue reading →

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