Agile Community Video Library

Lean Performance Management

Discover how bringing together two proven techniques for defining and measuring operational and commercial targets, and a performance measurement technique to create a  lean performance management life cycle.

• Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)

• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

An Introduction to Design Thinking

In just over 10 minutes we introduce the key characteristics of Design Thinking, a customer centric approach to solving challenges and unlocking opportunities based on a greater appreciation of the customer needs and wants.

Before reviewing each of the five steps that make-up the Design Thinking Cycle, we spend a couple of minutes explaining the process of transitioning from unknown to known and the influential role played by the innovation sweet spot.

Organisational Agility

Organisational Agility comes from creating a culture that is a blend of new ways of working, a growth mindset and an increased customer centricity to create offerings that delight and create a competitive advantage, or improve internal operational performance in an ever-changing and unpredictable environment.

An Agile Transformational Program Explained

In this video we explain the key characteristics of a successful agile transformational program, which consists of several interlinked work streams, which are led by a specific function within the organisation.
Additional content includes:

• Transformational Program Make-up

• Transformational Aims & Goals (inc. OKRs)

• Transformational Roadmap & Blueprint Definition

• Transformational Execution Strategy & Governance

An Introduction to Being Agile

This video provides a clear description of the term Being Agile, which is also referred to as an Agile Mindset and / or growth mindset.

Agile Ceremony Ownership

In this video we explain both the ownership and engagement of the five Agile ceremonies within the Scrum and Kanban life cycles.

Estimating Effort

This article describes how Agile teams use a relative sizing technique to estimate the effort required to complete a product backlog item.

Forming Success Agile Teams

Here we introduce you to a recommended framework that is part of an agile organisation operating model, designed to ensure the formation of successful Agile teams. One that is based on appointing individuals to a Team based on their competency.

Mobilising Agile Teams

The successful mobilisation of a newly formed Agile Teams calls for the adoption of approx 80 individual tasks, which fall to the Scrum Master and Agile Coach to complete during the recommended first 90 days.

Optimising Agile Teams

This video explains how Agile Teams and the wider organisation remain agile in the face of constant change from both internal and external factors.

Team Norm Definition (working agreement)

During its initial week of forming the Agile Team comes together to define their Team Norms. In this video we describe the core topics defined by the Agile Team, which fall into two categories:

• Ownership & communication

• Agile ways of working.

Process Choice Selection (Scrum or Kanban)

As teams refine their product backlog they need to choose a suitable life cycle process to manage the implementation activities. In this video we explain the characteristics of the primary options:

• Iteration - Scrum

• Continuous - Kanban

Digital Consulting: Team Mobilisation

Granting organisations the necessary coaching modules, workflows, and reporting and analytical capabilities to support their Agile transformation. Empowers Scrum Masters to lead the adoption of industry best practice.

Digital Consulting: Intelligent Retrospectives

Retrospective.Guru curates 10 years of structured Agile expertise to help your teams improve Agile adoption and address operational challenges by identifying root causes suggesting corrective measures for performance optimisation.