Is Agile dependent on culture or leadership support for success? I recently read Silence by Shusaku Endo. It is a book about the early missionaries to Japan in a turbulent time when they were not wanted (to an extent that they were actively sought out and tortured). As I read the book I was reminded …
This is an interim blog post defining my thoughts whilst attending the five day Holacracy Practitioner Training in Philadelphia. I will probably repost my final thoughts or add some comments when I return back to Australia. So why do Holacracy Practitioner Training in the first place? It certainly wasn’t because I had client that had …
There is a world of misinformation out there about Agile. Even I have probably created some misinformation once or twice (not deliberately). There is probably too much wrong to fix, but I saw a tweet recently that I wanted to tackle. It was originally linking to the Segue Technologies blog: http://www.seguetech.com/blog/2015/11/03/waterfall-vs-agile-infographic Naturally some people in the …
When I was in Washington for the Agile Alliance 2015 conference I met up with Craig Smith and Christopher Avery for a podcast (unfortunately for me half way through). It was my first real introduction to the Leadership Gift and Responsibility Model. I had heard Craig talk to about the Leadership Gift a few times …
I have been doing some hiring lately. The two roles I have been hiring for are a Scrum Master and a Business Analyst. I used the opportunity to test my recruitment questionaire – questions that I am expecting the organisation to ask in the future when I am no longer there in order to ensure …
Firstly I apologise for getting a little slack with my blog. When I do presentations I tend to invest a lot of time in them and consequently a lot of other items get de-prioritised. Since my last blog I have presenting at the Agile Games Conference in Boston, at the HR Game Changer conference in …
The world of Agile training and mentoring is intriguing me at the moment. This is how most of us have done it in large organisations for a long while – We build in powerpoint or prezi these gorgeous training decks and train up people new to Agile We outsource our training to groups who do the …
In product development the definition of Minimal Viable Product (MVP) is The product with the highest return on investment versus risk Popularised by Eric Ries it subtly changes to The smallest thing you can build that lets you quickly make it around the build/measure/learn loop I must profess I have a few issues the MVP …
Inventory waste. It is one of the eight forms of Lean waste. It is work in progress or finished goods which are not having value added to them. In software development inventory waste is best represented in the queued activities in between the hand offs from individual to individual. If using a complicated board, you …
The 1670 saying by John Ray’s A collection of English proverbs The early bird catcheth the worm is well understood by many. The phrase conjures up a picture of birds sleeping and waiting whilst the one that leaves it’s nest early to scourge for food will be more likely to succeed in having a full stomach. …
