Skip to content
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • facebook
  • Youtube
Agile For Life

Agile For Life

  • Trip
  • Boat technical
  • Events
  • Positive Discipline
  • Contact
  • About Agile For Life
    • Who We Are
    • They are talking about us

Author: mcortesastudillo

María is passionate about agile methodologies and how we can build the future generations and improve life with an agile mindset. She enjoys sharing across her extensive network the agile culture. She is a fervent supporter of process and communication techniques with demonstrated success in initiating and leading agile implementation projects. María is an industrial engineer, she has over 15 years of experience, successfully building and launching digital applications across multiple channels and formats.  Maria is also a parents and schools Positive Discipline Educator and she enjoys facilitating Positive Discipline workshops. She grew up in Spain and is currently living in the french swiss border, she is married, has 3 kids and loves spending time in the wild sailing with her family and friends. Follow @agile4life in Twitter, Instagram and Facebook
March 19, 2017October 6, 2018 mcortesastudillo Coaching, Soledad, Trip preparation

Discover how Kanban is helping us to get ready to leave

2 months and a half ago we started the long journey preparation. We added new user stories to our backlog and we switched to Kanban working mode. Little by little we have improved the way that we are working in order to keep focus on the main priorities.

February 27, 2017October 6, 2018 mcortesastudillo Soledad, Trip preparation

Sailing backlog (part 2: 2014-2016)

From 2014 to 2016, we spent as much time sailing as we could. Iteration by iteration, we improved sailing and anchoring safety and we finally got autonomous with fresh water.

February 17, 2017October 6, 2018 mcortesastudillo Soledad, Trip preparation

Sailing backlog (part 1: 2012/2013)

Once your vision is clear, the next step is to build a backlog. After a year working on our backlog, we already had a minimum viable "Holidays on board Soledad" product... and a (growing) list of improvements opportunities.

February 10, 2017February 28, 2018 mcortesastudillo Trip

Trust your guts, follow your vision

We had vision! We had a dream! We build the strategy that came up with a prioritised backlog for all family. How our agile mindset is helping us to prepare our trip.

February 5, 2017February 28, 2018 mcortesastudillo Coaching

Mindfulness power for kids and adults

Practising mindfulness every day helps to keep focus and release stress. You can start practising easily following Jon Kabbat-Zin Mindfulness Based Stress reduction (MBSR) program and share your own experience with your kids.

January 10, 2017February 10, 2017 mcortesastudillo Coaching

Agile Family Daily Dashboard

How to start building a self-organised culture at family home with an agile mindset. Empower the kids to create an agile family daily dashboard!

January 9, 2017July 22, 2019 mcortesastudillo Coaching

Iterative Presentation / Training Preparation

Useful tips to build communication material such as presentations and trainings through itetrations and feedback with an agile mindset

Posts navigation

Newer posts

Find us!

Track “S/V Mikasa”

Check where we are on Marine Traffic website.

Enter your email address to follow us and receive notifications of new posts by email. We'll keep your email safe from spam.

Join 140 other subscribers

Search

Recent Posts

  • We all have a positive and encouraging role to play April 26, 2020
  • 09NOV19: We will be at Geneva boat show November 1, 2019
  • Positive Feedback April 14, 2019
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Agile For Life
    • Join 140 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Agile For Life
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...
 

    Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
    To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Our Cookie Policy