http://www.ayeconference.com The next AYE Conference will be November 7-11, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona. Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:57:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Don Gray, Esther Derby, Steve Smith, Johanna Rothman You've spent the last few day at AYE learning how to recognize and solve problems. But, as you may have experienced, not all your problems can be solved, especially if they are part of a larger system. Suppose, as a leader of a weekly ... http://www.ayeconference.com/session-25-solve-manage-cope-or-exit/ ©2010 Steven M. Smith Do you have a mole undermining the work of your team? Someone who constantly complains privately to any teammate who will listen but refuses to bring that same complaint publicly to the team? Someone whose actions are destroying teamwork? A mole erodes productivity. Stop that mole now. A team ... http://www.ayeconference.com/stop-that-mole-now/ (c) 2004-2010 Esther Derby Self-organizing teams don't just organize the technical work. They make technical (and non-technical) decisions. Not every situation requires facilitation, but when a team faces an important decision, applying facilitation skills to the problem saves time and yields better results. Jason was frustrated. The Release 6.0 team had been ... http://www.ayeconference.com/self-facilitation-skills-for-teams/ ©2007 Don Gray Do you know about smokejumpers? They're brave, self-sufficient firefighters who parachute into remote areas wearing eighty pounds of gear and ready to fight a forest fire. If the jump goes well, they land safely. After extinguishing the fire, they may have a ten-mile hike out. It's not a ... http://www.ayeconference.com/skills-for-software-smoke-jumpers/ Esther Derby For years, managers have been taught that their job is to delegate and direct, mandate and monitor. And, one might argue, they’ve been quite successful. But new research shows that traditional management and directing people what to do isn't always the most effective way to get things done. This is ... http://www.ayeconference.com/10s22/ Esther Derby We've reserved the Fresh Catch for sessions that reflect our newest thinking. Watch this space! http://www.ayeconference.com/10s18/ Esther Derby Have you had the experience of watching smart people argue endlessly over which technology to use? Have you walked out of a meeting believing the group had agreed, only to find out that five different people thought they’d agreed to five different things? People in our industry pride themselves on ... http://www.ayeconference.com/10s14/ Esther Derby It's not easy to build the right product. People sometimes don’t know exactly what they need, want things that won’t help, and don’t imagine what's possible. Agile project capture requirements on cards that contain a statement of want and benefit and notes on how to confirm the need is met. ... http://www.ayeconference.com/10s06/ Don Gray Learning new skills and development processes requires time and effort. In the end, we hope for improved productivity. Having someone with experience in the new area coach the team can reduce the time and effort needed to get this improvement. Coaching has many facets. One part involves facilitation - helping ... http://www.ayeconference.com/10s21/ Don Gray Efficiency means doing things right. Effectiveness involves doing the right things. Becoming more productive requires being both effecient and effective. But how do we do that? Employing the Agile Principle of "the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly" the team ... http://www.ayeconference.com/10s17/