Sprints are one of the most classical elements of the Scrum methodology. They are time sessions of tasks you can associate with the project’s goals. As a result, teams work together and focus on accomplishments. Theoretically, it’s no news for managers that teams need motivation. Maybe you are just looking for the right tool to […]
The New Practices to Develop Work Remote in Marketing Agencies
The pandemic Covid-19 has struck out our way of living over the past months. It has changed our work routine, which was going to the office and going back home, normally from Monday to Friday. And remote work became the solution to keep teams producing and marketing agencies have worked on it. The quarantine required […]
Powering Up Gamification in a Team with Kanban Methods
From the advancement of technology and the implementation of new strategies to grow in the market, many businesses needed to reinvent the way they deal with their audience and their own teams, especially with gamification. The objective arises to potentially increase the engagement of these two groups with the brand, to raise revenue, and ensure […]
Interview with An Coppens – Gamification Expert
Take a look at some of An’s lessons on why gamification is beneficial to companies nowadays. An Coppens is a Belgian Gamification specialist, GitScrum client, and manager at Gamification Nation, where she leads teams who develop gamification programs to help organizations engage their staff. She’s the author of the books “Leading the Boss in the […]
Gamification: how to engage Large Scale Scrum teams in a healthy and fun competition
One of the activities to give more effective results to your team is to motivate them to deliver all tasks. And how can you engage your team to produce more, on and on? Gamification has been part of the management world since managers realized that how important it was to change the subject and focus […]
How the Scrum Master motivates Agile Teams fostering self-organization
One of the problems in an Agile Team is gathering all members into a single and direct goal. And the reason could be the lack of organization that is damaging the outcomes of the company. Meanwhile, some tools are there to help teams in different areas and projects, such as Scrum. And those who master […]
Make your company a Great Place to Work with Scrum and Agile
WHAT IS A GPTW – “GREAT PLACE TO WORK” “Great Place to Work™” (GPTW) is a well-recognized certification, created by a global people analytics and consulting firm with the identical name. They work with companies all over the world, getting access to their reports, employees assessments, and surveys, with the Trust Index™, which they use […]
Increase your team’s performance with the Spotify Model
What moves any company are its employees. Without people, no idea can take shape and develop, even with the constant advancement of technology. For many years managers and human resources professionals have been trying to understand the best model for managing teams and it was in this context that Squads emerged. Startups popularized the Spotify […]
10 Large-Scale Scrum Principles to Guide Decisions in a Team
Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) is an understanding of a team’s standard Scrum. From this point, your organization should be able to comprehend and adopt this framework, which requires examining the purpose of a team’s Scrum elements and figuring out how to achieve the same purpose while staying within the constraints of the standard Scrum rules. Developing […]
Invest in autonomy with the Spotify Model and Scrum framework to build a high-performance team
The Spotify Model became famous since it drove the Silicon Valley giant to inspire companies worldwide as an innovative inspirational example. One of the main principles for their great success was the autonomy of their teams, called squads. Autonomy doesn’t mean you will automate tasks approval. It means the company’s leaders are only involved in […]