Just a site where I archive interesting reads I've encountered online
Liberating Strategy begins and ends with Liberating Structures (LS). They are simple rules that make it possible to include and engage every voice in shaping the future and strategy. LS can be used to not only create a different kind of strategy but also to transform the whole process of strategy-making.
Read the complete article by Keith McCandless and Johannes Schartau here: https://medium.com/@keithmccandless/liberating-strategy-6fda41f6c1
Barry Overeem created a list of must-reads for agile newbies:
The Agile ManifestoThe Scrum Guide – Jeff Sutherland, Ken SchwaberThe Power of Scrum – Rini van SolingenScrum: A Pocket Guide – Gunther VerheyenSucceeding with Agile – Mike CohnThe Agile Samurai – Jonathan RasmussonThe Five Dysfunctions of a Team – Patrick LencioniThe Scrum Field Guide – Mitch LaceyThe Phoenix Project – Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George SpaffordKanban – David J. AndersonClean Code – Robert C. MartinRead his complete blogpost here: http://www.barryovereem.com/the-reading-list-for-agile-newbies/
In this article Jasper Alblas talks about the challenges of a Sprint Goal: https://medium.com/@jasperalblas/scrum-from-the-trenches-the-sprint-goal-e7e15203c82f
Encourage people to listen and understand each other’s perspective on a profound, shared topic or challenge instead of trying to convince or persuade others to see it your way. In this article, Christiaan Verwijs & Barry Overeem explain how you can use the Liberating Structure “Conversation Café” to achieve this: https://medium.com/the-liberators/engage-everyone-in-making-sense-of-profound-challenges-c66e44ba00f2
Find a collection of free games, templates and format created by Christiaan Verwijs & Barry Overeem : https://medium.com/the-liberators/free-games-templates-formats-and-inspiration-for-scrum-teams-11f40e3fcb22
In this article Christiaan Verwijs & Barry Overeem will bust the myth that the product backlog is only maintained by the Product Owner: https://medium.com/the-liberators/myth-the-product-backlog-is-maintained-exclusively-by-the-product-owner-af51bc62e90f
A great introduction to Liberating Structures can be found here: https://medium.com/@jelrikvh/liberating-what-36e8d511cb89
A great article where Christiaan Verwijs & Barry Overeem bust the myth that a Scrum Mastere is just a Junior Agile Coach. Read it here: https://medium.com/the-liberators/myth-the-scrum-master-is-a-junior-agile-coach-9defb2dd6def
A nice summary of the book Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There! can be found in the presentation Working with Teams from Karolina Ozadowicz that can be found here: https://prezi.com/w0jqbiy-f582/working-with-teams/
This site is dedicated to Michael James’ Example Scrum Master Checklist, an example list of things a Scrum Master should pay attention to in a typical organization. Check it out at http://scrummasterchecklist.org/