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05.15.09

Build a team on a 360-degree feedback team | (0)
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 feedback in the second half. During the first half, the person receiving the feedback is self-evaluating themselves. They write down areas to improve on and things that they feel they are doing well and would like to continue doing. ...
05.12.09

Counting Spider Monkeys estimation, points | (0)
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. However, I think that number should never exit the team room. We fail when we communicate it outside of the team. We get tangled into these funky measurements: “The team ...

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