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Steve Wells

The simplest of simple games to demonstrate context switching…

As part of an agile refresher course I was giving a while back, I created this really simple game to demonstrate context switching, so…

2 min readSep 26, 2021

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The simplest of simple games to demonstrate context switching…

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Steve Wells

Team Assessments — remotely and without grief…

As Lord Kelvin — and many others, point out — you can’t improve what you don’t measure, and, given the beating heart of any organisations…

7 min readSep 18, 2021

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Team Assessments — remotely and without grief…

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Steve Wells

Alphabetic Proritisation: how to force stakeholders to focus

I’m sure you’ve all been in the situation where your Product Owner, or other stakeholders, are unable to prioritise things. Everything must…

2 min readSep 16, 2021

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Alphabetic prioritisation

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Steve Wells

Can online agile workshops be just “like the real thing”?

One of the most effective ways to demonstrate tricky real-world concepts is to run a game that strips away any complexity and concentrates…

9 min readJun 25, 2021

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The onine No Estimates game

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Steve Wells

Spending too much time in meetings? Why not try this?

So many people are complaining about spending too much time in meetings at the moment, particularly now so many are now on Zoom or Teams…

5 min readJun 20, 2021

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Spending too much time in meetings? Why not try this?

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Steve Wells

“I’ve got my certification, but I can’t get a Scrum Master Role…” — here’s why…

I keep seeing posts on LinkedIn and elsewhere saying “ I can’t get a Scrum Master role, even though I’ve got a qualification, they always…

6 min readJun 6, 2021

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“I’ve got my certification, but I can’t get a Scrum Master Role…” — here’s why…

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Steve Wells

“Agile is not appropriate in all situations”. Hmm, what’s that smell?…

I’ve heard this phrase a lot recently; “you can’t use agile in all situations”. It’s usually preceded or followed by talk of “regulatory”…

4 min readMay 21, 2021

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“Agile is not appropriate in all situations”. Hmm, what’s that smell?…

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Steve Wells

Kanban principles are everywhere; even in the British pub!

The new rules on limiting customers numbers and table service seem to have positively affected flow in British pubs. We knew this would be…

5 min readMay 16, 2021

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Kanban principles are everywhere; even in the British pub!

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Steve Wells

Do burndown charts provide any value?

I was minded to write this post after seeing this graph in a recent post discussing Scrum anti-patterns showing up from burndown charts…

7 min readMay 10, 2021

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Do burndown charts provide any value?

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Steve Wells

Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches — is it now your time to be indispensible?

Is the new normal raising a unique opportunity for Scrum Masters and coaches?

4 min readMar 10, 2021

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Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches — is it now your time to be indispensible?

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Steve Wells

Steve Wells

Building online versions of agile workshops such as the No Estimates game, to see how close we can get to the face-to-face experience for remote or hybrid teams

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