The Agile Manifesto relies on 12 pillars. The more you intend to be in line with those pillars, the more agile your team (or family !) is. Check out what pillars we are honouring this week
The power of family kudo cards
3 months ago I gave a try to the kudo cards at home, the kids created their own family kudobox and the kudo cards. From that day, during the week any family member can post a kudo card in the box and at the end of the week in our family retrospective meeting we open the box.
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.
Electronics on board our sailboat
Complexity is not your friend at sea. When sailing, you need systems that just work... or that can fail gracefully, at least. In order to deal with this growing complexity, we decided to cut it into manageable chunks with some "Agile-Fu".
Power on board our sailboat
During our first 4 summers on board, we (had to) improved several times the electrical systems on board Soledad, our Hanse 430e. By improving, I mean we managed to get a better autonomy AND more comfort at the same time. "Better autonomy" was the goal.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
