Living Abroad and Agility
Have you ever lived abroad? They say that this is one of the richest experiences a person can have. I confess that I had this privilege 3...
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RAPHAEL COSTA
Oct 25, 20223 min read
People as machines, assets and people
For a long time it was believed that it was necessary to manage people like machines, work extremely standardized, procedures minutely...
RAPHAEL COSTA
Oct 14, 20223 min read
Individuals and Meetings...Interactions
I hear with a certain frequency "here we apply agility very well, we do all the routines", and I see even more frequently companies...
RAPHAEL COSTA
Sep 27, 20223 min read
The reason behind the story.
Inside TOPdesk we work with groups from the most varied backgrounds, we have work groups that count with both interns and post-graduates...
RAPHAEL COSTA
Sep 22, 20223 min read
Colonizing Agilists
You have probably heard some Agilist criticizing "Waterfall". Common place for many agile texts and that in my humble opinion, is one of...
RAPHAEL COSTA
Jun 30, 20223 min read
Preparing the agile mindset
That agility is a change of mindset you already know, but how to take the step of a cultural change within organizations is a...
RAPHAEL COSTA
May 24, 20222 min read
Philosophy, Soft Skills and Agile Teams
Working with agility involves developing some soft skills that make all the difference, especially when it comes to collaboration. One of...
RAPHAEL COSTA
May 13, 20225 min read
Challenges and Solutions for Building 4.0
Construction is a sector that cries out for innovation and productivity improvement, it is the world's largest industry, representing...
RAPHAEL COSTA
Mar 18, 20224 min read
Antifragility
The concept of antifragility was proposed by mathematician, statistician, writer, essayist and investor Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2012), his...
RAPHAEL COSTA
Mar 15, 20224 min read
A Value Driven Journey
Understanding the idea of value also involves understanding the ways in which value unfolds, clearly and dichotomously, in our experience...
RAPHAEL COSTA
Feb 16, 20223 min read
Do you know what value is?
When we talk about value, we need to remember that value is a volatile, complex, uncertain and ambiguous concept. Volatile because it is...
RAPHAEL COSTA
Sep 27, 20213 min read
Learn Brainstorming with Dr.House
O Brainstorming de Dr. House
RAPHAEL COSTA
Sep 13, 20213 min read
5 reasons why you should start taking Lessons Learned today
If you are a project enthusiast, you may have wondered, if it was even necessary to do a lessons learned: the famous "Lessons learned"...
RAPHAEL COSTA
Aug 11, 20213 min read
Sprint Retrospect
In my trainings I usually ask the students to agree that we are going to look at Scrum as a methodology, because it is a technique that...
RAPHAEL COSTA
Aug 9, 20213 min read
Extreme-Go-Horse - XGH
Today I bring you a business framework that is perhaps the most used in all companies, the best practice of best practices. This...
RAPHAEL COSTA
Apr 13, 20212 min read
SPRINT REVIEW
In my trainings I usually explain the Sprint Review and the Sprint Retrospective as rearview mirrors of a moving car, both allow you to...
RAPHAEL COSTA
Feb 15, 20213 min read
SPRINT PLANNING
If you ask 100 project managers what the biggest challenge they encounter in their work is, 76 will answer by talking about the obstacles...
RAPHAEL COSTA
Feb 15, 20213 min read
Stand UP | Daily Scrum | Daily
Among the rituals that encompass the agile method, the one that stands out the most is the daily stand up meeting, or Stand UP or Daily...
RAPHAEL COSTA
Jan 21, 20212 min read
Common mistakes in a Brainstorm
Brainstorming is a technique widely used in the business world, also known to us miners as: "brainstorming". We've already talked about...
RAPHAEL COSTA
Jan 18, 20212 min read
Process to Project Metrics.
Modern project management best practices have evolved in large part thanks to concepts borrowed from quality management, analysis by...
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