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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Since the Agile manifesto was published in February 2001, software development has evolved into a collaborative process of rapid and constant change. Nearly fifteen years on,  Agile has been pretty […]

AddThis Sharing Buttons above Are you sure you’re receiving the most benefits of agile possible? Do you know the top ten benefits of agile? Read this article to learn what […]

I was packing up my things, ready to leave after a long week of training.  Susan, the lead business analyst, had been dutifully attentive all week.  She took excellent notes, asked […]

What is business strategy? Michael Porter presented a succinct definition in his seminal article in the Harvard Business Review, first published in 1996: “The essence of strategy is choosing to […]