Agile Coaching blog » value http://www.dhavalpanchal.com People, Products and Technology Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:01:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Walk the dog http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/walk-the-dog/ http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/walk-the-dog/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:54:09 +0000 Dhaval Panchal http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/?p=298 This is a simple technique with a marketing twist to its name. This title came to me while coaching a team that was struggling to behave cross functionally and were paralyzed at delivering working software at the end of their sprint. It is a simple mental discipline that I have often used in crafting good [...]]]> http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/walk-the-dog/feed/ 3 Coin toss exercise http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/coin-toss-exercise/ http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/coin-toss-exercise/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:35:28 +0000 Dhaval Panchal http://dhavalpanchal.gettingagile.com/?p=276

This is a variation of “Value Flow” exercise that Sanjeev Augustine did at Scrumgathering 2009 in Orlando. I found this exercise very useful to demonstrate the benefits of prioritization and lower batch sizes. I have facilitated a variation on this exercise with different learning objectives. Below is a detailed description of how I run [...]]]> http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/coin-toss-exercise/feed/ 5 Sharing Values, a team building exercise http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/sharing-values-a-team-building-exercise/ http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/sharing-values-a-team-building-exercise/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:02:07 +0000 Dhaval Panchal http://dhavalpanchal.gettingagile.com/?p=5

A few months ago, I was facilitating sprint retrospective for a multi-cultural team that had members of different national origins (UK, South Africa, Angola and United States). We started gathering information regarding their first sprint. I realized that this team was struggling to simply get along! We took a step back and [...]]]> http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/sharing-values-a-team-building-exercise/feed/ 2