Category: Agile
Project Managers are going the way of the dinosaur, VCR, and taxi cab…
The fearless leader of this circus we call #PMchat has long stated his frustration with methodology snobs. One version of Agile is better than the other, don’t even consider Waterfall […]
How to fix agile teams that are notoriously bad at hitting release dates | TechCrunch
Many of today’s best software companies tout agile development as a way to release software early and often, as longer-term planning can be more heavily impacted by project unknowns. Yet why […]
Be Agile in Being Agile | The Guardian
In the Guardian’s Platforms team, agile is implemented as a hybrid of Scrum and Kanban. There are fortnightly sprints, daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives and a backlog. We use Τrello […]
How IT can drive agile development | McKinsey & Co
A simple idea: update your operating model to be able to build small, self-contained teams that create change quickly and efficiently. Agility is about adjusting a company’s operating model […]
Why Agile Will Work This Time | App Developer Magazine
The Burning Question Last year, I was facilitating a workshop on Agile and began the conversation, as usual, with introductions. I asked each attendee what was the most important, burning […]
At the BBC, Agile means ‘making it up as we go along’ | The Register
A £75m “Agile” BBC IT project has evaded scrutiny because managers could make up the benefits as they went along, according to the spending watchdog the National Audit Office. Any […]
Agile Is The New Waterfall — A Followup | Amir Yasin
Several months ago I wrote an article lamenting the fetishization of Agile in place of the practice of actually being agile (aka process minimalism focused on production). It got a […]
Scrum is Just a Starting Point | The Clever PM
Awhile back, I got into a rather heated discussion with someone who was a firm believer in “textbook Scrum” and insisted that because the Product Owner is part of the Scrum […]
Why Is Agile Transformation Difficult? | QuickScrum
What is Agile transformation? The process of transitioning to Agile, or Agile transformation as it is commonly referred to as, includes transforming an organisation still following the work processes prevalent […]
The Agile Inception Deck | The Agile Warrior
One area most agile methods are completely silent on is project chartering. Below is a lightweight you can use to fill this gap and get your project headed in the […]