Actually our team has put together a list of activities (posted in the team room) that they thought would be fun. We pick a new one to do each retrospective...
We used to take a new team rock climbing (indoors if necessary, outdoors if possible0. You have to learn a system, but the system isn’t sufficient. Everyone...
The point was TEAM building, with MULTIPLE TEAMS, right? We're not talking about building some poor kid's self esteem, we're talking about trying to ...
My personal experience with team building through paintball: Yes, it was fun. Yes, we got out of work for a few hours. Yes, there were pictures and youtube...
... I don't know how up to date that list is, and maybe you can get it up to date with the info that your receive. I've seen that list before, but thank you...
... creature ... (snip) ... organisation ... benefits. One of the tidbits in the flight instructors' handbook are the so-called "Principles of Learning," which...
This is a reminder that the Seattle Scrum users group will be meeting this Thursday (9th August) at Qpass' Seattle Headquarters. The original announcement can...
Hi, Robyn - There are lots of things that can help a team function better; it helps to know what the problem is before applying a solution. What have you seen...
I once heard about "team golf" helping a bunch of executives learn something about team-work: 4-person teams - each person in rotation gets a turn at hitting...
"team golf" sounds like a great idea! My company played paint ball once - but three people were bruised afterwards - I stayed off to the side. ... From: Keith...
I think I might have read about "team golf" in one of Gerald M. Weinberg's books. Even though none of his books are specifically about Agile or Scrum, his...
... Wow, Laurent! That works on so many different levels. - Do food - Cooperative work - Fun - Allows a range of participation What an excellent suggestion. -...
Hi Esther. Hope the course went well today, great seeing you! The situation is one team splitting into two, with some openings on the new teams that have yet...
Hi Robin, ... The term "building"; might be a case of gilding the lily, then... Perhaps the management concern is actually "not destroying" ? How are people on...
... All the credit for it should go to Lister and DeMarco - it's from a classic, Chapter 21 of Peopleware. Twenty years old this year, but still quite...
On 7/29/07, Kurt Smith <blitzpu@...> wrote: However, I have hit one challenge with the acceptance of a collocated ... We currently are colocated, and...
Hi Emile, ... "I hate it" sounds like a strong objection. You've raised it here. Why not raise it in the team ? ... Maybe the group is not getting as much done...
... That's because I strongly object to being impaired in doing my job to the best of my abilities. ... I have. They feel I'm being over-sensitive, so I've...
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Roy Morien
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Aug 4, 2007 10:33 am
An interesting problem. I recently commented on this, basically by saying that different people work differently to each other, and people work differently at...
Emile, ... One idea would be to propose an experiment. Try one iteration of quiet, see if that has an effect on velocity. The team can choose to go back to the...
Nothing builds up the bond after shooting and getting shot in an almost harmless way. Plus, you are not on your own, some of the people are on your team in...
I'm surprised no one has mentioned my favourite part of the 2007 Scrum Gathering in Portland: Werewolf. (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_(game)) ...
... There's an art and a science in raising such issues. You might want to search for some of Esther Derby's articles on giving feedback. For that matter,...
... In my experience, for those kinds of charts, manually drawn diagrams on flip chart paper, put on a wall for everyone to see, works even better. Cheers,...
... That sounds good in theory, but in practice I have to introduce new ideas very slowly around these grounds. I'm new in this group, and in the pas year I've...
... I accept that. Not being colocated is probably worse than even the current situation. ... And therein lies the rub. There's no incentive. It doesn't feel...
