COLAB INSIGHTS
Welcome to our CoLab Insights - a space for sharing ideas that matter.
Here you’ll find thought-provoking articles, practical tools and downloadables designed to help leaders and teams perform at their best.
We’d love to hear your perspectives too.
Relative Sizing: Estimating Without the Pain
Remember those "guess how many lollies in the jar" fundraisers? Despite best efforts, everyone's guess was wildly wrong. But if you asked people to compare two jars and say which has more? They'd nail it every time.
Product Landscape Canvas: Setting Your Product Boundaries
Ever found yourself in a conversation where someone asks "What exactly is your product?" and you're not sure how to answer?
3V Performance Poker: Ensuring Team Alignment
If you’ve ever tried to talk about performance in a team and ended up with everyone nodding politely but thinking completely different things, this one’s for you.
DevOps Maturity Model: A Roadmap, Not a Report Card
If you feel like your team is constantly putting out fires despite having a CI/CD pipeline in place, you aren't alone. DevOps is a journey, but it often feels like navigating a dense forest without a map.
Brutal Prioritisation: Finding the Real Musts
Why is it that when you ask your stakeholders to prioritise the backlog, suddenly everything becomes a “Must”?
Back to Basics with Scrum Events
Scrum is one of the best-known agile frameworks. Almost every team has heard of it and many will say they’re “doing Scrum.” But are they really?
Community Onion: Seeing Beyond the Obvious
Ever been halfway through a piece of work and realised everyone has a different answer to the question: “Who is our customer?”
Story Mapping: Making Work Visible
Ever found yourself lost in the detail?
You’re about to start a new piece of work. Leaders want forecasts, the team wants clarity, and stakeholders want confidence. Instead, everyone’s staring at a flat backlog, drowning in tasks with no real sense of why.
Two Years of CoLab Book Club
Two years ago, I started the CoLab Book Club. It was a tricky time in Wellington and I was keen to find a way to support positive, group connections. I wanted to create a regular moment where people could easily come together, learn and share ideas.
A Quick Guide to Lightning Talks
If you’re looking to get on the speaker ladder or hone an idea, then creating a Lighting Talk is a great way to get started.
Unlocking Team Potential using 3V
Explore 3V and see how mastering the balance between Value, Velocity, and Vitality is key to moving teams from surviving to thriving.
Agile Governance using 3V
How do you design agile governance to grow high performing teams?
LeSS in Lean Times
In a world defined by change, adaptability is our greatest asset. This case study shares the story of a financial services company that weathered the storm with grace, resilience, and innovation.
The Future of Agile Coaching
Originally published on LinkedIn, the objective of this white paper is to test our hypothesis - “Agile coaches need a greater focus on personal agility and dynamic teaming to successfully scale agile beyond IT and across our business”.
Skills Secret Santa
Here’s a super successful sweet idea for you to try and you don’t need to wait till Christmas.