Discussions on Agile theory and Agile approaches
I have heard the claim that Agile teams are leaderless on several occasions. The claim sounds reasonable on the surface, with all the talk about self-organizing teams and no defined roles… But it is wrong for several reasons. Self-organizing does… Read More ›
I never really cared for certifications. You pay a bunch of money to take a test and then you get a piece of paper or a PDF file. I already have pieces of paper, much more expensive pieces of paper…. Read More ›
Background noises, a dozen conversations, and coworkers gnashing on their lunch. The ring of someone’s phone every couple of minutes, an impromptu meeting being carried out that has nothing to do with me, and someone is talking louder and louder… Read More ›
My guest blog post on making the best choices for your processes and tools. Originally published on tapscape.com In Agile, there is often an insistence on using low-tech and high-touch tools to collaborate and report on task statuses. While these… Read More ›
A communication plan, you should have one in place anyway. Whether your team is all in one building, room, or distributed; a plan to deal with how everyone communicates is critical to the success of your activities. We need rules… Read More ›
MoSCoW prioritization (or the MoSCoW method) is a tool used in all sorts of professions and industries to provide a structure for prioritizing work tasks. It is most commonly associated with the Agile approach Dynamic Systems Development Methodology, which is where… Read More ›
I considered starting this post off with, “Some dude got paid to study people standing in line and now we have Kanban,” but I was told it wasn’t very professional. Also, I don’t actually know if he got paid, I… Read More ›
This material (DSDM, Related Images, and Videos) was created by the Agile Business Consortium. https://agilebusiness.org Think of Agile like a toolbox. Within this Agile toolbox, you have several options. You may not know what all the tools are, how they function… Read More ›
Let me start off by saying, Agile is not just for projects and not just for software development. Agile is also not a methodology or framework. (*This is why you may hear people say there is no such thing as… Read More ›
Do you have deadlines that you set for your staff or vendors when something needs to be done by a certain time? If no…. then this post may not be for you and we should be having a totally different… Read More ›
