Tag Archives: Goals

FAST v SMART Goals: A Primer for Agile Teams

As an Agile Scrum Master, you know that goal-setting is a cornerstone of effective team performance. For years, many of us relied on SMART goals—Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. But recently, I’ve switched to FAST goals, and the results have been transformative. If you’re looking to improve how your teams set and achieve goals, let me explain the difference between SMART and FAST goals, when to use each, and how to apply FAST goals in your Agile environment.

How to Structure a Small Business Action Plan (Excel templates)

If you run a small business, you’re forever alert to a better way to juggle the thousand and one tasks that make up your work week. And there’s no shortcut here. As every scenario is unique, you need to investigate which tools, hacks, or frameworks work best for you.
So, with this in mind, I decided to re-examine how I run my business. Right down to the nitty gritty.

The Lazy Man’s Guide to Action Plans

If you have never written an Action Plan before, you want to know, how do I get started, what needs to go into the Action Plan, and can you show me some samples? In this series of tutorials, I will help you define your Action Plan; give examples to download; show you how to format your MS Word templates.

5 Ways to Write Action Plans that Get Results

Here are five ways to write an Action Plan to make your business more competitive. Action Plans fail if they are too difficult to use or too hard for readers to understand Who does What and When. Make your Action Plan simple to follow, with clear goals and concrete deadlines.