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"Usefool" Tools - the never ending list
Updated: Feb 26, 2019
Tools for Scrum Masters/Agile Coaches
A fool with a tool is still a fool...
... goes the saying. But as anyone who at some point in their career has worked in a distributed team knows that without the right tools work cannot be done.
Communication is the key to either success or failure in any team. This is why we need to master our communication tools as enablers that help us build products and not inhibit team's work. This important stage when a new team is formed and starts working on a new product is called taming of the tool and needs to be successfully addressed early at the beginning. What makes a great difference in guaranteeing success here is having at least one person on the team who is willing to experiment with different tools and can help coach others on how to use them.
Here are some tools I used to enable communication in teams:
(PS: I upodate this list on an ongoing basis)
Azure DevOps/ VSTS & Microsoft Teams
Sococo - virtual work space for remote teams
Google Docs, Google Slides - pair work
Boards RealtimeBoard
Remote Retrospectives
Polls Mentimeter
Wordclouds:
Free Images for Blogs:
Data Analysis - e.g. Feedback responses
Agile Apps
Scrool - really cool one, free and includes Planning Poker, in Apps Store