Agile Christmas inspiration -Have a very Merry ‘Agile’ Christmas!

We love Christmas and few of us like to recommend, celebrate the Christmas or even work the Christmas in the agile way.
So , here are some nice agile stories inspired by Christmas collected around the web …from an agile holiday mindset , to an office state of Christmas; Some Christmas inspirations over agile techniques,  Agile Santa stories.. and some post it Christmas ideas. . . Mary Agile Christmas!

Setting your new year's resolution with agile - Happy Agile New Year!! 2017

#Noprojects - "The Problem with Projects and some ideas on what to do about it"

"Modern trends in software development are making project thinking more dangerous still. The large batch size nature of projects is increasingly in conflict with continuous delivery, hypothesis testing and small batch releases. This conflict increases risk and reduces benefits."

Daily Scrum with remote teams

Holding team meetings where the team members are not in the same place is not fun, and it becomes less fun the more distributed the team becomes. Combine inefficient communication channels with conducting a meeting with members who are in different countries and the inherent difficulties can cause the daily scrum heartbeat to become irregular and impact the health of the team and the entire delivery. Here's some tips and tricks...

Why remote engineering teams needs scrum?

Distributed teams are today’s reality. Of course, working with people in one office is ‘easier ’it feels more 'natural', but for many companies 'natural' equal to distributed or remote teams format. Remote teams can be managed more effectively with a strong process. I found Scrum to be by far the best process to manage distributed software projects.
There are many reasons why scrum is the best solution to manage distributed work. And these reasons hold true for any type of work. Let’s look at them:

How to apply #Agile methodologies Indian culture?

Millions of developer's code away daily in Indian organizations. More than sixty percent of Indian software industry is still service industry to the west. The major reason why organizations have problems with adopting Agile methods is the cultural change. We must understand and Address the cultural differences, sensitize them and train on the different cultures and communication etiquette, and evolve processes and practices that avoid ambiguity in decisions. But, sometimes what we call "Indian culture" is actually a problem faced everywhere where a hierarchical model is followed.

How to Run a Remote Team Retrospective?

Having distributed team members is always a challenge  in many aspects in a scrum team. One of the challenges is performing a meaningful effective and with good results retrospective.  This collection will provide some insights on the subject.

Team Exercises for Remote/ Virtual / Dispersed Teams