A Humanistic Approach to Strategy
Recognizing people as a vital competitive advantage is a big change from traditional business strategies. Growing evidence shows the importance of leveraging people as a competitiv
From “the” business to “our” business
Our language betrays us when we talk about “The Business.” With these words we separate development decisions from the work they are automating. See below figure. Even agile so
Sprint planning for an interrupt-driven team
Many teams have at least a moderate ability to plan and control their time. They’re able to say, “We will work on these things over the coming sprint,” and have a
Winning a war without firing a single shot!
Agile transformation, undoubtedly two words that strike fear into the heart of any product organization. It should be an exciting time, with tough conversations, compromises,
GETTING BEST ESTIMATES OF STORY SIZE
In software development, effort estimation is the process of predicting the most realistic amount of effort (expressed in terms of person-hours or money) r
YOKOTEN: SHARING THE GOOD
In the Lean world, we hear all kinds of Japanese words. Having learnt basic Japanese while working in Japan, I do not find it difficult to relate with these words but many of us do
OPTIMIZING SCRUM VELOCITY
Viewed from Agile, the Scrum velocity is a measure of a team’s productivity towards delivering features over time. Velocity is calculated by Story Points in a Fibonacci View
WHAT IS “AGILE” REALLY?
I think we can all agree that agile is an over(ab)used buzzword and a misinterpreted concept these days. Similar to that other popular concept, productivity. Well, inspired by some
A Comparison of the Main Forms of the Agile Approach to Innovation
A Comparison of the Main Forms of the Agile Approach to Innovation There are at least a dozen agile innovation methodologies, which share values and principles but differ in their
Agile Risk Board
Risk management is crucial on any IT projects. It is a core activity of project management discipline, already well documented in Prince 2, PMBOK or CMMI (thus it is an essential p