Chris Yarbrough

Husband. Father. Team builder. Agile advocate. ScrumMaster at @Dealerware

[Chris Yarbrough @AgileChrisATX]

Learn from yesterday.
Act today.
Do better tomorrow.

[Chris Yarbrough @AgileChrisATX]

@RichardKCheng Really enjoyed your session for #AgileVirtualSummit2020 today. It was informative and inspiring.

[Chris Yarbrough @AgileChrisATX]

"Multitasking is an effective way to get less done." - @dominicad

Love it!

[Chris Yarbrough @AgileChrisATX]

@alexmuench I don't care about familiarity that much, but I'll choose fun over boring every time.

[Chris Yarbrough @AgileChrisATX]

Story sizing gone wrong. #NoEstimates

[San Miguel Sheriff @SheriffAlert]

Large boulder the size of a small boulder is completely blocking east-bound lane Highway 145 mm78 at Silverpick Rd. Please use caution and watch for emergency vehicles in the area.

[Chris Yarbrough @AgileChrisATX]

There's a lot to be said for sitting in a room with a bunch of other Scrum Masters and asking, "So what have everyone's teams been trying lately?" #ContinuousImprovement

[Chris Yarbrough @AgileChrisATX]

What a glorious day! My dev team is now officially points free!!!! #NoEstimates

[K @KevinTrethewey]

“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.”

-Lin Yutang, writer and translator (1895-1976)

[DHH @dhh]

Every targeted ad is a privacy violation and constitutes the sale of personal data.

[Chris Yarbrough @AgileChrisATX]

This could not be more relevant to what is happening at my work right now.

[David Denham @DavidDenhamLV8]

Terms that should be retired: "a failed sprint", "an aborted sprint", "missing the sprint commitment." Relics of old versions of scrum. Goals, learning, outcomes.

[Chris Yarbrough @AgileChrisATX]

It feels good to have a voice. It feels better to know that voice is heard.

The moral of the story: always remember to listen, engage, and respond. Empower the voices around you and benefit from what they have to say.

[Chris Yarbrough @AgileChrisATX]

If you don't know exactly where you are going, how can you tell if you are getting there? #metrics

[Chris Yarbrough @AgileChrisATX]

When you want to do some awesome design work and the best tool in your currently available arsenal is Word...

[Chris Yarbrough @AgileChrisATX]

You gotta love when what looks to be a quiet afternoon explodes into a wonderland of learning and growth opportunities.

[Chris Yarbrough @AgileChrisATX]

This is so true. A previous employer completely sabotaged teams by overloading them with multiple simultaneous projects. It was a nightmare, and very little ever actually got done.

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

Teams working on multiple projects is a huge red flag. There's been a lot of research in this area. You loose considerable productivity with each project. (At 5 projects, you loose about 80% of your productivity when compared to working on a single project).

[Rebecca Wissinger @rjwissin]

I’ve seen “be kind” everywhere lately, without seeing a lot of kindness. It’s not enough just to say or suggest kindness. Kindness is a muscle... to “be kind” you have to take action. It’s active. #worldkindnessday

[Chris Yarbrough @AgileChrisATX]

Underrated perk of my new job; I leave for work later so I actually see my wife and kids in the morning now.

[Chris Yarbrough @AgileChrisATX]

Never underestimate the impact of a bit of positive, unsolicited feedback. Even if it seems like something small.

[Chris Yarbrough @AgileChrisATX]

Wrapping up my first week at the new job. It has been a good week. Both of my teams seem great. Definitely in a better place than I was seven days ago.

[Chris Yarbrough @AgileChrisATX]

Today was my last day at my (now) old job. Wasn't there as long as I expected, but left it better than I found it. Now on to bigger and better things!