When I highlight a team as not high performing, frequent responses I often hear are: We hit our dates We stayed within budget Our team gets along…
Tricia BroderickNovember 2, 2014
The Ignite Blog
Thoughts, tips, and even rants on igniting change.
I've been asked to be part of the Agile Alliance Program team for Agile 2015 Conference. Since I've been transparent as a track chair in…
Tricia BroderickOctober 26, 2014
Unfortunately, saying thank you seems to be an after thought more and more. So at least once a month, I will take a few minutes…
Tricia BroderickOctober 22, 2014
In a few weeks, I will be in Orlando for the Software Quality Engineering - Agile Development/Better Software- East 2014 conference. I've been to this conference (both…
Tricia BroderickOctober 19, 2014
Since the retrospective pet peeves was viewed often and I enjoy ranting on pet peeves, I figured I would cover another common practice: Stand-ups. …
Tricia BroderickOctober 12, 2014
I've been thinking a ton lately about "holding someone accountable". What does that even mean? Nagging (did you do it? is it done?) Public shaming…
Tricia BroderickOctober 5, 2014
Now since one of my goals is short posts, this is not an all encompassing post about feedback. I want to focus in on a…
Tricia BroderickSeptember 28, 2014
Unfortunately, saying thank you seems to be an after thought more and more. So at least once a month, I will take a few minutes…
Tricia BroderickSeptember 22, 2014
I always assumed that at some point I would go back for an advanced degree in computer science. Originally, I thought I would do it…
Tricia BroderickSeptember 21, 2014
Dan North pointed me in the direction of the book Training from the BACK of the Room, by Sharon Bowman back in November of 2012. I…
Tricia BroderickSeptember 14, 2014
As someone that believes instilling experimentation with continuous reflection/adaption is the key to a strong foundation for high performing environments, the retrospective has become a…
Tricia BroderickSeptember 7, 2014
Confession time: I'm completely stressing out about creating a worthy keynote to share. All of those fears keep coming circling within my head: everyone already…
Tricia BroderickAugust 31, 2014
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