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Why Engineering Teams Get Estimation Wrong (and How to Fix It)

Getting better at estimation isn't just about improving your prediction skills. In this blog, we’ll identify the core problems behind poor estimation.

The Async-First Manifesto: The New Era of Remote Engineering Communication

Misaligned goals and the inevitable communication breakdowns of working across time zones. These are just a few challenges a remote engineering team knows well.

30 Christmas-themed Icebreaker Questions for Your Next Agile Meeting

Great meetings don’t just happen—they’re crafted. Here is a list of Christmas-themed icebreaker questions explicitly designed for your next Agile meeting.

The 15-Minute Formula: Make Your Remote Engineering Standups Work Better

With the proper structure and tools, remote engineering standups can be just as effective—and take no more than 15 minutes.

The Ultimate Guide to Backlog Health Metrics: Keeping Your Agile Team on Track

Backlog health directly impacts your team’s efficiency and output quality. Ignoring it can lead to delays, frustration, and wasted effort.

Lean Tarot in Agile: How to Boost Your Retrospectives

Transforming team dynamics with lean tarot, a fun and fresh way to boost retrospectives

Check your team status with monthly team insights

How to Build a Strong Agile Culture in a Remote Environment

Communication is the backbone of Agile culture in a remote environment. Find out how to cultivate a collaborative culture to keep Agile values alive.

Exploring work behaviors that promote or block Lean thinking

Work behaviors through a fun, lean-thinking-inspired lens! This post introduces the Lean Tarot, a unique deck of 26 cards that highlight workplace habits affecting collaboration and efficiency.

Agile Simplified For Non-Software Teams

When people think of Agile, they often associate it with software development. But Agile principles aren’t just for tech teams.

What To Know About The Emerging Agile Frameworks: SAFe VS LeSS

Both SAFe and LeSS offer solutions to help larger organizations scale Agile practices across multiple teams, but each takes a distinct approach.

Agile Estimations with Estimation Matrix

Enhance your team’s estimation process with Team O'clock’s Estimation Matrix for more accurate, efficient, and aligned Planning Poker sessions.

How to Conduct SWOT Analysis in Agile

A SWOT analysis offers Agile teams a structured approach to self-assessment, helping them identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to enhance performance and adaptability.

How to Facilitate a Remote Retrospective Like a Pro

What You Need to Know About the "Lean Coffee" Retrospective Template

Unlike traditional agenda-driven meetings, the Lean Coffee retrospective template promotes a more engaging, dynamic, and inclusive process.

How to Measure Success in Agile Projects

Agile methodologies have quickly become a no-brainer across teams from various industries because they offer flexibility, collaboration, and iterative progress.

No More Boring Daily Standups!

How to Reduce Unnecessary Agile Meetings

A Guide to Setting Up a Full Sprint Cycle for Your Agile Team

A Step-by-Step Guide to Structuring Effective Sprints, Enhancing Team Communication, and Building a cadence for a Safe Agile Environment

Is Elon Musk's Algorithm Inspired by the Agile Manifesto?

What is the Agile Manifesto about? What can you copy from Elon Musk's unbeatable strategy and implement it in your own team? This blog will answer all of that.

20 Icebreakers You Need For Your Next Agile Meeting

Agile coaches are responsible for building cohesive Agile teams. One simple yet powerful tool that has proven effective is using icebreakers in team meetings.

Servant Leadership in SCRUM: What You Need to Know

Servant leadership is crucial for SCRUM's success because it aligns with SCRUM's values, empowers team members, and fosters a collaborative environment.

Beyond the Toyota Way: Exploring Lean Thinking Alternatives

Lean thinking involves creating more value for customers with fewer resources by optimizing processes and eliminating waste.

The True Essence of Agile: How Introspection Fuels Growth

Ever wondered which is the secret weapon of high-performing Agile teams? Hint: it’s not their streamlined process.

Agile or Masked Waterfall? Are You Sure You're Not Faking It?

Despite adopting Agile terminology, many companies are still trapped in the Waterfall mindset. Are you one of them? Let's find out.

Eliminate waste from your Agile practices

Boost your Agile team's efficiency with lean principles. Learn practical tips and strategies for sustainable growth and improved workflows.

How to Identify Your Remote Team's Weak Points and Improve Them in 3 Ways

Remote work has become the new norm. While it offers flexibility and convenience, it also presents unique challenges that can affect team performance.

How to Convince Your Manager of SCRUM and Agile Benefits

Meeting Less, Doing More: Strategies to Minimize Meetings in Remote Teams

Discover strategies to reduce and optimize meetings by embracing asynchronous communication, leveraging hybrid models, and implementing clear processes and response policies. Learn how to establish no-meeting times, utilize technology for efficient collaboration, and foster a culture of clear communication to boost productivity and maintain work-life balance.

10 Powerful Icebreaker Questions For Your Next Agile Meeting

Agile meetings are designed to foster elements like this, but sometimes, the formality of the process can hinder genuine connections among team members. This is where icebreaker questions come into play.

How to Achieve More Participation in an Agile Meeting

Active engagement is crucial for the success of agile practices because it leads to better decision-making, problem-solving, and team cohesion. This blog will show strategies to enhance participation in an agile meeting, ensuring every voice is heard and valued.

Remote Agility Redefined: Free Remote SCRUM Guide for Seamless Agile Operations

The Mad, Sad, Glad Retrospective: All You Need to Know

How to Integrate Lean Thinking into Agile Ceremonies

What You Need to Know About the "Hopes and Concerns" Retrospective Template

3 Playful Retrospective Examples Your Remote Team Will Love

10 FAQs About Daily Standup Meetings

Top 5 Retrospectives activities that Remote Teams used in 2023

How the 3 Little Pigs Retrospective Template Makes Agile Efficient

A Quick, Expert Guide for all Agile Ceremonies

How to Find an Agile Coach For Your Team: A Comprehensive Guide

Use the Popular 'Start, Stop, Continue' Activity for Agile Success

A Simple Guide to the 4 L's Retrospective Method

The 4 L's retrospective method is a structured approach, focusing on four key aspects: Liked, Learned, Lacked, and Longed for.

Elevate Your Product Management Agile Practices

Maximize Your Productivity with the Team O'Clock Simple Timer

Thriving in the Remote Work Era: Strategies for Building High-Performing Teams

2023 Agility Insights

Explore key insights from the 2023 Agility Report on agile meeting practices, highlighting trends in Daily Standups, Planning Poker, and Retrospectives amidst organizational shifts and the rise of generative AI. Discover how teams adapt to maintain alignment, efficiency, and team dynamics in a changing landscape.

AI-Coach introduction to the world

Hello, Team O'clock community! I'm thrilled to introduce myself as your AI-powered Agile Coach, specifically designed to supercharge your remote team dynamics.

Planning poker - Better async & sync team collaboration

How planning poker can fix asynchronous collaboration in your Agile team, offering insights on leveraging this technique for more efficient estimation.

2023 Agility Insights: The Power of SCRUM and Team O'Clock

Reflecting on trends of 2023 and looking to the future of SCRUM and Agile.

Agile Success Unveiled: How Estimation Techniques Enhance Planning Poker

Explore how estimation techniques like Fibonacci and T-shirt sizing can assist your planning poker sessions, leading to more accurate and efficient Agile planning

Is Planning poker a waste of team time?

Uncover the downsides of planning poker and learn about effective estimation techniques that save time and enhance team productivity

How to Introduce Daily Standup to Your Team as a Product Manager

Discover how to effectively set up daily standups for your team, enhancing agility and transparency in project management

How To Run A Standup From Your Work Chat App

Master remote standup meetings using work chat apps like Slack and Microsoft Teams for better team collaboration and efficiency.

AI Integration With SCRUM: Ensuring Ethical Practices In The Digital Era

Guides on AI and Scrum integration, focusing on ethical practices, challenges, and solutions for digital era agility.

Your FAQ about Agile, Now Answered!

What is an agile ceremony? What is a Scrum Master? What are some common challenges with agile ceremonies? These are some common questions about what Team O'clock offers and how that can be translated into your business and your team.

AI-Powered Retrospective: Optimizing Your Agile Practices

Integrating AI into the retrospective process, businesses can unlock valuable data-driven decision-making, fueling continuous improvement and propelling their agile practices to new heights.

Unlocking The Power Of AI: Revolutionizing Scrum Teams

Explore the role of AI in streamlining and enhancing the efficiency of their operations. Scrum is an agile framework that facilitates collaboration among development teams on complex projects.

Streamline user management

Introducing enhanced user management for faster meeting setups and efficient administrator controls, simplifying team organization.

The Ultimate Guide to Daily Standup Meetings in Agile

In this comprehensive guide, you will discover the intricacies of daily standup meetings, exploring their purpose, structure, best practices, and the benefits they bring to Agile teams.

How to Set up a Retrospective Meeting for Your Remote Team

Learn to set up impactful retrospective meetings for your remote team, fostering continuous improvement and team cohesion.

Boost Your Scrum Team's Success: Leveling Up Your Planning Poker and Adopting More Scrum Ceremonies

Discover next steps after planning poker to enhance team agility by integrating more scrum ceremonies for comprehensive growth.

Linear app integration: Sync with your favorite tracker

Maximize your agile workflow with the Linear integration, enabling efficient planning poker sessions and seamless retrospective action item follow-ups.

AI-Assist(ance) for your meetings

Introducing AI-Assist to make your meetings more efficient, offering smart note grouping, actionable insights, and detailed summaries for agile teams.

2022 Agility Report Insights

Discover actionable insights from this agility study using actual data on scrum meetings and agility posture, enhancing your team's agile journey.

Study on Agility Posture

Uncover insights on agile transformation stages focusing on how planning poker, retrospectives, and daily standups' frequency impacts team agility.

Asana Integration

Make planning poker and retrospectives seamless, ensuring task visibility and efficient action item tracking in your tool.

Growing bigger with more integrations

Maximize your team's efficiency with new integrations, offering a unified, user-friendly platform to manage all your tools in one place.

Measure your agile performance

Discover how Team O'Clock's agility metrics transform scrum event data into actionable insights, enhancing team growth, happiness, and alignment.

Top 5 trending retrospective activities

What are the top 5 activities used for retrospective? What other activities are trending lately?

Retrospective meeting on a remote setting

Building habits for your agile ceremonies

Agile Maps have a new look

Mindful approach for the onboarding experience

Improvements on people onboarding in the platform

Team O'clock API v2

Enhanced Team O’clock — Jira integration

Work better with the Jira in Team O’clock to update story points on estimated tasks, and create tickets on retrospective action items.

Planning poker — async edition

The web version of Team O’clock planning poker just got a major revamp, focusing on asynchronous estimation.

Daily Standup revision [2020]

Agile Maps quality of life updates

An improved version of Agile Maps focusing on quality of life fixes

Planning poker meeting

Run your estimation sessions in Team O'clock

Hello Agile Maps!

Align your teams and your company around Agile methodologies in an effort to help your Agile transformation.

How a proper meeting invitation sets the stage for a successful meeting

The subtle art of a sticking to the point.

When should a topic be ready for a meeting?

Or how to stop worrying about fast response and start worrying about efficient response