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Change is Natural –“Embrace Change”
Kent Beck’s book “Extreme Programming Explained : Embrace Change” provides a good introduction to how software development can embrace the constant change that affects our world. Some of the practices...
View ArticleAgile Benefits: Five Essential Reasons to Try Agile
Although there many other benefits of agile, and although those provide us with other reasons to try agile, the five essential benefits of agile are: Rapid Learning – disciplined application of the...
View ArticleCool Blog – SustainabilityCulture.com
One of our partner organizations, HBI Leadership, has launched a blog called SustainabilityCulture.com. Check it out!
View ArticleProfessionalism and Agility
Recently, I have been reading Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. Fascinating reading. In this book, Mr. Gladwell chronicles some of the backgrounds of top professionals in artistic, sport and business...
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Agile Transformation and the Chasm
In his book “Crossing the Chasm“, Geoffrey Moore describes the difficulty of creating a popular new product due to a conceptual “chasm” between the first people who adopt a new product and those who...
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Real Agility Program – Leadership Transformation Team
Learn more about our Scrum and Agile training sessions on WorldMindware.comOne of the main components of our Real Agility Program for enterprise Agile transformations is the Leadership Development...
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21 Tips on Choosing a Sprint Length
Learn more about our Scrum and Agile training sessions on WorldMindware.comMany teams that I work with choose their Sprint length without too much thought. Often enough, that’s okay and it works out....
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The Agile Framework: Agile Values and Principles, The Agile Toolkit, The...
Learn more about our Scrum and Agile training sessions on WorldMindware.comWhen I am speaking with executives, ScrumMasters and other leaders of change in organizations, I often present a simple...
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Book List for Enterprise Agile Transformations
Learn more about our Scrum and Agile training sessions on WorldMindware.comLeaders of Agile Transformations for the Enterprise need to have good sources of information, concepts and techniques that...
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Foundations of Excellence
Learn more about our Scrum and Agile training sessions on WorldMindware.comI was thinking about the concept of becoming excellent at something. My son is a budding artist. He and I had a conversation...
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Tips to Start Agile in a Hostile Environment
Learn more about our Scrum and Agile training sessions on WorldMindware.comAlthough Agile methods are very popular (particularly Scrum), there are still many organizations or departments which may not...
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Another Agile Article on Slashdot – Andy Hunt has Failed, not Agile
Learn more about our Scrum and Agile training sessions on WorldMindware.comFor reference, here is the link to the article on Slashdot called Is Agile Development a Failing Concept? This article will...
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Link: Agile Coaching and Flight Instruction – An Emotional Connection
Learn more about transforming people, process and culture with the Real Agility ProgramMy friend Mike Caspar has another great blog post: Similarities between Agile Coaching and Flight Instruction....
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The Scrum Master and Product Owner as leadership partners
Learn more about transforming people, process and culture with the Real Agility ProgramAfter a recent large organizational change that resulted in a number of new teams formed, a product owner (PO)...
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The Retro Game
Learn more about transforming people, process and culture with the Real Agility ProgramThe Hunt for Better Retrospectives The rumours had started to spread, retrospectives at our organization were...
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Leading to Real Agility – Leader Responsibilities
Learn more about transforming people, process and culture with the Real Agility ProgramLeading an organization to Real Agility is a complex and difficult task. However, the core responsibilities of...
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How Kanban Saved Agile
Learn more about transforming people, process and culture with the Real Agility ProgramFor my working definition of Kanban, please refer to my previous article 14 Things Every Agilist Should Know About...
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Scrum vs. Kanban vs. ADKAR vs. Kotter: Change Management
Learn more about transforming people, process and culture with the Real Agility ProgramThe battle of the organizational change management approaches! Check out the presentation I did last night at...
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Kanban: Real Scaled Agility for Your Enterprise
Learn more about transforming people, process and culture with the Real Agility ProgramYour business is an ecosystem of interdependent services, a complex adaptive system. A bunch of organizations I...
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Unpacking the Fifth Principle of the Agile Manifesto
Learn more about transforming people, process and culture with the Real Agility ProgramThe Agile Manifesto was signed and made public in 2001. It begins with short, pithy statements regarding what...
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