Noel Warnell

I have a bush in my garden that I planted over 3 years ago. I bought it because I’ve seen them in other people’s gardens in glorious full...

Working with a variety of clients over the years I’ve consistently observed the mis-understanding of the Scrum master role. Broadly...

Need to help a new group bond? Want an ice breaker activity for a meeting/workshop? Looking to inject some fun back into your team? These...

Over the last few years I’ve been on a huge learning journey, both in terms of gaining a bunch of practical experience and in consuming...

After conducting lots of interviews for scrum masters recently it’s clear the trend of anyone with any hint of agile experience calling...

OK, first off – I admit the title of this post is click bait. SAFe bashing seems to be a favourite hobby for some at the moment, but this...

Was lucky enough to facilitate an awesome knowledge sharing session today with some peers where we discussed different games we’ve played...

Tuckman’s model wonderfully articulates the journey of a team before they become fully cohesive and awesome as a group. The beauty of it...

Nor is doing LeSS or being a good DAD. If you’ve got no idea what I’m on about, these are all cash cows frameworks for scaling agility in...

An anti-pattern is a common response to a recurring problem that is usually ineffective and risks being highly counterproductive. There...

Unfortunately there are still lots of managers and directors running teams and departments in large organisations, who may have good...

Through working at different organisations, attending a bunch of conferences, meet ups and training courses, I’ve gained first hand...

Having a team co-located is the dream. It’s proven to make any team higher performing, more successful, more efficient and with stronger...

So what exactly does a scrum master do? I hear this question a lot. And the answer is easy: As little as possible. However, being a scrum...

Dragons – Mythical monsters generally represented as a huge, winged reptiles with enormous claws and teeth. In European tradition dragons...

References in books and training courses about agile, scrum, lean or kanban almostalways include a reference to the manufacturing...

Went on scrum master training recently. Passed. Whoop. If I’m being totally honest going in was a tick box exercise. Get the certificate....

Like it or not, scrum masters are constantly challenged on the value of agile. You need to be able to educate teams and stakeholders on...

Trying to work with business agility and adopting a more iterative approach to the way we work is becoming increasingly commonplace these...

Ok – bear with me on this. Anyone can act like a twat, and because it’s easy lots of people act like twats. All. The. Time. But to...