John Leighton

Scrum Master, loves good food and cooking. Learning to speak to computers (coding) and figuring out electronics.

[John Leighton @johnjleighton]

The purpose of this poster is to give a visual high-level overview with little or no text to explain, hopefully I captured the essense of kanban. #kanban #poster

[John Leighton @johnjleighton]

Teams are hugely important when trying to build products, especially software based products.

I wanted to capture some of the characteristics that go a long way to helping teams become great and really high-performing.

#teams #posters #agile

[John Leighton @johnjleighton]

I've been looking at creating a poster to give a high-level overview of agile for some time now, finally got round to producing some drafts. Would love to get some feedback from my network. #agileposters #agile

[John Leighton @johnjleighton]

If you’re getting a lot of resistance then the chances are that you’re pushing too much. Stop pushing and the resistance will stop. Try showing people a better way of working. #agile

[John Leighton @johnjleighton]

While I agree a 2-day course doesn't make you a great scrum master, I see the value in learning the basics so you can explore and grow on the right foundations. Everyone is a beginner to start with.
#scrum #certification

[John Leighton @johnjleighton]

Agile doesn't fix your problems, it highlights them for all to see, you will still need to fix them or things will not get any better.
#agile

[John Leighton @johnjleighton]

Agile. One size does NOT fit all. Find your own Agile, based on your context, environment and needs. Yes you should learn from other peoples experiences but what works for them may not work for you.
#agile

[John Leighton @johnjleighton]

Worry less about 'being agile' or 'doing agile' and focus on what are the most valuable features for your customers. Let the great people you've hired figure out 'how' to deliver that value. The rest should happen naturally.
#people #empowerment #agile

[John Leighton @johnjleighton]

#lifeatsky

[John Leighton @johnjleighton]

In Agile teams we plan constantly. We plan our next small increment of work based on the most valuable features to our customers right now. We discuss the plan each day until our time-box is done. Then we repeat.
#agileteams #planning

[Geoff Watts @geoffcwatts]

A team that feels comfortable with each other and their ScrumMaster has the potential to reach a truly high-performing state.

[Sky @SkyUK]

Expect fireworks this November! Sky and @NetflixUK join forces to make one ultimate viewing experience 👌

More info here: https://t.co/OApVTY0ub3

[Scrum.org @Scrumdotorg]

Blog article by @jpartogi Scrum And DevOps https://t.co/KgqvjEpKQ2

[John Leighton @johnjleighton]

Beautiful horses on show today from @HookyBrewery at the Surrey county show.

[Geoff Watts @geoffcwatts]

Great ScrumMasters work relentlessly on themselves in order to become excellent facilitators. They introspect, they retrospect, they seek insights from others about their work.

[Doc Norton @DocOnDev]

If you've skipped unit tests because you plan to refactor the code soon, you might not understand refactoring (or unit tests).

[John Leighton @johnjleighton]

Ensure the team follows up on retrospective actions or there’s no point capturing them in the first place #scrum #retrospective

[John Leighton @johnjleighton]

Have courage to challenge people to become better but always be respectful. #scrumvalues

[John Leighton @johnjleighton]

Ask the whole team to commit to the sprint backlog in planning and come up with the sprint goal together #scrum #teamwork

[John Leighton @johnjleighton]

Interesting talk from Google about machine learning at #SkyTechConf2018