t2informatik Blog – Tips and tricks for processes & methods

Which components do you use to enable people to work together in a new remote team in an appreciative and value-creating way? A field report.

Introverts often prefer to generate ideas quietly. How can this work in a brainstorming session?

Companies are increasingly talking about disruption. What is a disruption anyway and what relevance does it have internally and externally?

How do people learn best, what do (LMS) learning management systems offer and why is the time right for LXP (learning experience platforms)?

Career changers are no longer a rarity in today’s professional world. How does a lateral entry into the UX industry work? A field report.

What is the importance of alignment when working with Objectives and Key Results and what is addressed by it?

The call for authentic communication is getting louder and louder. Why should authenticity nevertheless not become a leitmotif of your organisation?

Moderation and leadership have some things in common. How can leadership be trained through facilitation and what are the resulting tips?

Many people shy away from dealing with themselves. What steps help with Inner Work and why is it worth the effort?

Those who discuss trust in an organisation also promote communication about mistrust. How can this paradox be solved?

What is the idea behind #NoEstimates? Why can effort estimates be an antipattern and what is the key to more predictability?

Es ist Zeit für neue wunderbare Buchempfehlungen. Und es ist Zeit für drei spezifische Fragen an wunderbare Buchautor:innen.

There are many reasons why agility does not work in companies. The final part of the series is about utilisation, scaling and feedback.

Social selling is considered the new magic wand of successful selling. With the right people in focus, this may even be true.

The activities in requirements engineering are based on nine principles. What are they and how does the interaction work?

There are over 180 different unconscious biases. What are the advantages and disadvantages, and what can be done against one’s own unconscious bias?

Agile coaching has to decide: does it want to contribute to feel-good management for employees or to binding product development?

A conversation about rhetoric, the writing of reflections and the importance of the voice in the wake of numerous digital formats.

Authenticity and authentic leadership are considered popular and desirable. Why is this nonsense and what does science have to say on the subject?

Even in agile teams there is a need to define roles. How does this happen, when can roles be useful and when do they rather harm?

In mathematics lessons, we often look for an X. It is a placeholder, much like agility is a placeholder in companies.

What does leadership mean in a complex and dynamic world? And what can and should companies learn from aviation in this respect?

The potential of offboarding is not realised in many organisations. How can everyone involved make the most of a parting?

When conversations in organisations are superficial, changes of perspective can help to improve the culture of conversation. How does it work?

“Those who can read have a clear advantage” – says a popular wisdom. And which books are particularly worth reading? These recommended works are.

What influence do haptics have on our perception? How is media literacy developing in society? And how can the two be combined?

Design thinking seems to be losing some of its importance. Is this impression deceptive and what is important when applying it in practice?

Many system vendors want to be and work in an agile way and are developing adapted approaches. What might an agile maturity model look like?

How can team communication be improved with LEGO Serious Play? What is the process of a workshop and what is important in practice?

Christmas is associated with many expectations that often do not (or cannot) come true. How could it work better?

Heroes are respected in companies and in our society. But for lasting change, something else is needed: normal people! A wake-up call!

The image of annual appraisals is negative. This is due to many mistakes that organisations make when conducting them. What tips help?

Anyone who deals with personnel marketing should have clarity. Clarity about target groups and recruiting goals, about potentials and programmes, about …

“Do you read, do you know”. But which books are well worth reading? A new list with 12 book recommendations answers this question.

Many companies use frameworks and tools for their agile development, but negate the basis for agility. This cannot work.

At the end of the year, the budget battles often begin in companies. What could an alternative approach look like and what is needed for it?

The Sprint is the heart of Scrum. How long does it last, how is it planned and which topics help with the planning? An introduction.

What to do when a team wants to stay as it is and resists change? A practical report with impulses and group dynamic phenomena.

The shape of an organisational culture can be vividly described with the water lily model. But how does an organisation succeed in change?

Dependencies in Scrum are a challenge. What causes them, how can they be identified and what tips help to eliminate them?

In a service society, services become products. How does that work? With the PARIS Model and its 5 building blocks.

What does a proxy product owner do? In which scenarios is he used and what are the challenges?

Voltaire said that “reading strengthens the soul”. But which books, among others, are worth reading? A list of book recommendations answers this question.

Customer retention is important. Yet there are often situations where companies almost sabotage their customer relationships. A field report.

Culture determines how work is done in companies. How can cultural hacking change a corporate culture in real terms? What works and what doesn’t?

There are many reasons why agility does not work in companies. Part 6 of the series is about new roles, status reports and old structures.

Please keep going! There is nothing to see here! Except goldfish and tips for communicating benefits and call to actions.

Online workshops and meetings pose challenges for everyone involved. Which principles are particularly helpful in conducting them?

What can you do to actively work on team culture in the home office? This is where the digitally adapted Lego Serious Play method comes in.

What is UX writing, what is Voice & Tone design and why are both points so important for companies and communication with users?

How can lean thinking be established in sales and marketing? What is the value of customer benefit and how can it be determined?

How can Inspector Columbo’s questioning techniques improve communication and cooperation in organisations and solve problems?

Many agile transformations fail. How important are procedure, communication, trust, mistakes and security for the success of a transformation?

The Flight Levels Model is a communication tool for organisations. How can it be successfully introduced and applied? A field report.

Productivity is considered a natural goal of successful companies. What does this mean for cooperation and what are the consequences?

Often, OKR do not deliver what organisations expect from them. Why is this and what can organisations do better?

A task critique examines which tasks will be carried out in the future and in what way. How does a remote, agile task critique work?

What is the purpose of the Sprint Review in Scrum and how could a Sprint Review in Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) with multiple remote teams be facilitated?

What is languishing and flourishing? And what role does digital facilitation play in successful team development?

You certainly know why questions, but do you also know miracle questions? An entertaining description of questioning techniques, perspectives and answers.

How does the introduction and implementation of Objectives and Key Results (OKR) work? A field report from a specialist in trade fair planning and construction.

Many organisations rely on internal agile coaching. What models are there, what are the advantages and disadvantages and what should organisations look out for?

Creativity is an important ingredient for the success of companies. How creative are organisations and what tips promise improvement?

Chances are good that your company also employs people with giftedness. How can you use the potential?

In demanding an agile mindset, the paradox of agility becomes visible and the nature of complexity is overlooked. What helps is a …

Many medium-sized companies increasingly fear for their corporate data. What are the threats and how are they perceived?

Scrum Master and Agile Coach are two roles with parallels and differences. A comparison of tasks and knowledge during a conversation in the coffee kitchen.

Resilience is suspected to be a buzzword, yet it is something that individuals and organisations should consider. Why and how?

The change of perspective helps in change processes and makes it easier to let go of one’s own positions. But what can be done about systemic blockages?

Is there such a thing as an agile mindset, why is it needed, why should it be changed and what role does a true leader play in this?

Can you imagine making decisions by dice or coin toss? What are the advantages, what are the flaws in thinking and what are the limits?

What is Dark Data? What are the prominent and lesser-known examples and should companies collect and monetise dark data?