Vertical Slices and Scale
Last week, I tweeted, Working in thin vertical slices is the keystone habit for agile software development. It enables so many other good practices. —…
Category: Agile Ideas
Humanizing Work First-Time Participant Guide
Humanizing Work 2016 is just 6 weeks away, and we want to help you prepare to have a great experience there. Beyond the basic info…
Developing Your Skills in 2016
You’ve probably heard that it takes 10,000 hours to master something. That notion, popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers, isn’t quite accurate—Gladwell has…
New to Agile? Build trust to grow influence and impact
Transforming the way you work to an Agile approach has implications for the relationship between software teams and their customers and stakeholders. But in many…
80/20 Product Ownership Updates
A few updates on 80/20 Product Ownership, my online course that teaches you how to slice your work at every level of detail to get…
The Context for Agility
Some people learn best by reading. Others prefer video. So, I’ve created a video of my blog post: The Future of Agile, Changing the World of…
Reducing the Load on the Product Owner
Product Owners have it tough. They need to spend time and energy working to understand the needs of customers and users. They need to work…
Early Agile Scaling at Adobe
Scaling agile is a hot topic these days. I’ve recently given a presentation at a few local user groups about the experience of scaling agile at…
On Human Capital – HR and Agile
Human capital is just one of an organization’s intangible assets. It is basically all of the competencies and commitment of the people within an organization…
The future of agile: changing the world of work
I gave a presentation at the Scrum Gathering in Phoenix AZ about the historic context of Agile and Scrum, and where we are headed next.…
Laloux Cultural Model and Agile Adoption
I had invested years of my life in a ground up, large-scale agile adoption. The early years of the adoption seemed to go at breakneck…
The Power of 3 Words
Some of the most significant messages people deliver to one another often come in just three words. When spoken or conveyed, those statements have the…
Be an Expert in a Year – Growing the Agile Way
The guys over at Expert Table Tennis had a great idea. What would it take to become an expert? Dedication? Heart? Perseverance?
Life Change Starts with Clarity
There are moments where each one of us have wished for significant life change – this could be related to our current circumstances, our jobs,…
The Value of Planning Together
If you’ve taken part in any of our Scrum classes, then you know we highly value the power of face-to-face communication. The emergent power of…
Viktor Frankl’s Meaning Triangle for Organizations
Viktor Frankl was an incredible human being, having survived the Holocaust and establishing logotherapy, a type of psychotherapy. His book, Man’s Search for Meaning, details…
3 Requirements for Creating a Culture of Leadership & Innovation
Innovation begins with the heart… a heart of leadership The Hay Group, a global management consulting firm, released their findings that identify which organizations have the…
Splitting Stories in Chinese (or, 用户故事切分招数)
Thanks to Bob Jiang for the translation (with feedback from Evelyn Tian and Daniel Teng). This poster is also available in English, French, German, Russian,…
Running Agile at Home
Agile is merely a philosophy of how to change the way we think about delivering value. Powerful ideas have grown from the original philosophy, namely…
On 2015 and Beyond!
As we look at Agile in 2015, there is a lot of excitement, a lot of opportunity, and a lot of fun ahead of us.…