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Joel Semeniuk

is a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Microsoft ALM. You can follow him on twitter @JoelSemeniuk.

 

  • Productivity

    How to Enable Agile Adoption in Your Organization

    For years I’ve been lecturing and writing about the process of adopting Agile. Specifically, I’ve been promoting a model that Stephen Forte and I call the “Agile Buffet” where change, in this case the usage of Agile practices on a team, is pulled into the team incrementally based on real observable needs.
    by Joel Semeniuk
    July 22, 2013 12 min read
  • People

    Learning about Teams from the Marshmallow Challenge

    I’ve been on some amazing teams. I’ve been on not so great teams. I’ve been a part of average teams that could be great with some tweaks. When teams work well together, magic happens.
    by Joel Semeniuk
    January 28, 2013 3 min read
  • Productivity

    Leveraging Time Tracking to Reduce Waste and Build Trust Capital

    Agile teams are always looking to reduce waste so that they can produce customer value quicker and more efficiently.  For example, the Scrum builds in a meeting called the Sprint Retrospective to give teams an opportunity to reflect on their own efficiencies – allowing them to reinforce practices that are going well, and identify and resolve issues that are causing waste. Scrum teams also have a time-boxed meeting called a Daily Scrum, which among other things, asks “what are your impediments” to help the team quickly identify things that are getting in their way (aka waste) so it can be ...
    by Joel Semeniuk
    June 19, 2012 6 min read
  • People

    [Podcast] Agile Q&A Panel - Part 1 with Joel Semeniuk and Steve Porter

    Listen to Part 1 of our Agile Q&A Panel with my guests Steve Porter and Joel Semeniuk
    by Joel Semeniuk
    April 11, 2012 2 min read
  • Productivity

    At a Single Glance - Interpreting and Acting Upon Agile Project Metrics

    At a single glance. That’s what it should take to know when something isn’t right on your projects. Knowing that something is wrong with your project should be as easy as glancing at a visual indicator. You shouldn’t have to interpret anything. You shouldn’t have to be an expert in metrics or project analysis. You should easily be able to tell that something isn’t right … with a single glance. Monitor and control systems have been around since the dawn of innovation. We see these types of systems all over industry – simple and intuitive displays representing the health of ...
    by Joel Semeniuk
    February 09, 2012 5 min read
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