Principle Based Agile/Scrum Adoption
I’m a pragmatist. I need things to make sense. So, when something like principles are introduced to me, I start to ponder questions like… What…
Category: Lean
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…
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…
New to agile? Lean principles can help!
Ever see a trash can look like that? I know I have – plenty of times. I have 3 kids so I sometimes even see…
New to agile? Remember to respect people
One of the Lean Principles is “Respect People.” I think it may be the most important lean principle. When I teach a course and get…
New to agile? Keep it very simple
When dealing with an agile implementation, particularly in the case of a new agile team, we often make things too complex and difficult. We tend…
Agile antipattern: Treating symptoms not causes
Agile teams often get to a point where they have a number of problems which must be addressed. During retrospectives these items keep coming up…