The sprint retrospective is so important, even in families. It supports the team and identifies conflicts. It helps to improve processes by knowing what to improve. Share views to help maximize ownership.  It creates a road map for what to start, stop, and continue....

Today we're talking about home projects - anything that will improve your home life. We were just working on an entryway solution. You start in your sprint planning by identifying what is the goal. Write all the items that belong on backlog like research through...

What is Dakboard, anyway? It's a website that allows you to set up a display for your daily schedule and sprint goals. (If you have any questions about the technical connection, see how Scott Hansleman did it or buy it preloaded.) I love Dakboard for many reasons. It...

Daily Standups are a time to build in your self-care time and time to reflect and receive feedback. In the Sprint Planning Phase you will be mapping out projects and the Sprint Retro is going to be the feedback stage. Before you dive into either of these, you need to...

We always talk about dinner plans during our daily standup.  I feel the dinner decision meme so hard. The decision really doesn't seem important for me, but it is for everyone else. When the kids started attending school, we decided to do a sprint and set up food days...

Today, I'm chatting with my friend Emily D. Baker, a lawyer for online business owners. We chat about how she shifted from a district attorney to a business owner and how she moved out of feeling isolated and out of the loop as a parent. We dive into what she does for...

Most of us have children and school will be a part of our lives for a very long time. I like to discuss school activities during the daily standup. Let's agile your school! Send things back to the school as soon as you get them - spare changes of clothes, permission...

Be sure to check out my freebie Your Daily StandUp Cheat Sheet and learn how to have a more productive day. This can be a crazy time in any parents' day! We discuss our schedule in our Daily Stand-Up. Any things that we have to do to prep for drop off or pick up are...

This might sound crazy, but when you've had the same fight or argument over non-preferred tasks, this is a game changer.  We keep everything on our kids' scrum board. One of us parents sets up the list for the day. This allows us to demonstrate what needs to be done...

Are you ready to streamline your day and get more done? Sign up for my free Daily Stand Up Meeting Cheat Sheet. Quality time with your partner is invaluable and it can be really easy to run out of ideas or put off your quality time because life is busy.  Listen to...