May 2009
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Build a team on a 360-degree feedback
Many companies use a 360-degree process to improve the training, development and performance of their employees. Feedback is provided by subordinates, peers, and supervisors to the employee.
In my experience, the session is broken down in 2 parts. During the first half, the group breaks apart to gather data about the person receiving the feedback. Then the group comes together to share their...
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Counting spider monkeys
The concept of story points is neat. It’s a tool that helps a team measure the effort to complete a story.
In a nutshell, a team agrees on a measure for a basic story: not too simple but not too complicated and assigns a number to it. From there, all other stories are relative to initial number.
Because teams are different, it’s easy to find teams with very diverse point system. That’s OK....