Over the years the roles associated with agile transformations has grown and changed. Fifteen years ago the only roles that existed were those that were associated with being within an Agile team – the Product Owner and Scrum Master. The Scrum Master role hasn’t really changed over this time – it has always been clearly …
On my way to someone’s desk at work I overhead a blunt and emotive statement “Agile doesn’t work”. I smiled slightly and hung back to overhear the conversation further. I learnt through listening that the person making the statement was a Product Owner. They were unhappy with the fact that their team hadn’t been delivering on …
In my last post I opened up the questions about a disruptive force out there to induce change and what potential options may exist. In this post I am proposing an option – the creation of a political party where its foundations lie in the values and principles of Lean and Agile. This party could …
In large enterprises where Agile is being scaled and huge transformation programs are in progress there seems to be a growing trend towards standardization. But what does this actually mean? What benefits can you get from standardizing within Agile transformations and where should you avoid standardization? Terminology/language What would standardization look like? All coaches throughout …
This is a back to basics post driven from a number of interesting conversations I have had recently. Firstly here is my personal definition of Agile: An umbrella term for the toolbox of light-weight methods, practices and techniques that are focused on working smarter, not harder. So let’s break that quote down. “An umbrella term” …
I had a great meal last week. It was more like a feast really. It started lunchtime on Wednesday the 20th and went all the way through to just past lunchtime on Saturday the 23rd. I am referring to the mystically labelled #klrat or Kanban Leadership Retreat held in Mayrhofen, Austria. Going into the event …
This is more of a general FYI post then my usual subjective opinions. Firstly I want to mention the fun stuff – hopefully in the next few weeks you will see the number of contributors on this site grow. It was always my intent for this site to not be just my thoughts but also …
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