Groups and teams are omnipresent in any organizations. P-O-L-C is planning-organizing-leading-controlling function. For instance, planning may often occur in teams. When making decisions about the structure of the company and individual jobs, managers conducting their organizing function must determine how teams will be used within the organization. Teams and groups have implications for the controlling…
Agile frameworks are designed to function along the boundary of Complex and Complicated. The word “Cynefin”, pronounced ki–neh-vin, is a Welsh word that cannot be directly translated into English. However, it is commonly translated as ‘habitat’ or ‘place’ and means a place of multiple belongings. It explains about ‘Who we are’. We are all rooted in many different pasts which profoundly…
1:1’s or 1-2-1 whatever we call this, these meetings are one of the powerful tools for every manager in an organization. Most of the times one on one started but never continues, that actually waste our time during beginning. These are the types of meetings those need continuations, review and better version of previous 1-1 template….
In IT industry we can see the range of job titles sometimes it is hard to distinguish exactly what people do. However commonly known roles are: Software Engineer, System Analyst, Business Analyst, Product Owner, Technical Support, Network Engineer, Project Manager, Software Tester etc. Out of all these roles, in this article I would like to…
P.C. Abhishek Humagain Realizing that just sitting in front of the computer every day for hours was not just making us lazy and unhealthy but also keeping us away from the beauty and thrill of nature. We team of 13 people from Blue Panda Communications, started our ride from Kathmandu to Shivpuri Retreat. Route was…
AccomplishmentsCertificate I have completed the course about ‘Learning how to Learn” to improve my learning habit. I have done schooling from government school of Nepal, my Mom used to teach there. Government schools back then (25 years back) were not in very good condition, we used to learn in our national language Nepali. However,…
Self-Organizing Team One of the challenges for leaders and mangers in agile development method is to prepare self-organizing teams. Scrum Masters and agile coaches should be aware of any influence on their teams to focus the creativity and productivity of a self-organizing team. Even the Agile Manifesto includes self-organizing teams as a key principle, saying…
Five core Scrum Values When you hear about scrum, you will obviously hear about certain meetings, roles and values. You might think about the Agile Manifesto, which is the fundamental of scrum. When I was preparing for the Professional Scrum Master (PSM-I), I used to learn things by making fun with shortcuts. We abbreviated…
Time Management is one of the most important skill that everyone should have to get success in their career. Person who manages their time well are comparatively more productive and they often achieve their goal. When we are more concerned on time management then we surprisingly focus on the most important and time-sensitive tasks by…
In Scrum, each day scrum team gathered for at most 15 minute for quick update of their work status like what they are working on, how much work is completed or remaining and what next after that portion of work along with impediments /roadblocks for the individual’s and for overall team. This meeting helps product…