Navigating Complexity and Conflict in Scrum teams | John Albrecht

Published: Jan. 26, 2021, 11:05 a.m.

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Conflict is a natural process in teams. How teams handle, and survive conflict becomes therefore a critical aspect of their work. In this episode, we explore some of the skills/tools that help teams survive and benefit from (constructive) conflict, instead of suffering and being destroyed by (destructive) conflict.

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About John Albrecht

Agile Person, for the team by the team, used to be a developer. Got into Agile 03/04 via Extreme Programming (XP), then Kanban, then Scrum. Some of his key ideas are Principles over Practices, #noestimates, love working with teams and organizations, the softer side, finding what they and customers need and what works for them.