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What works will remain, the rest will be gone. Agile is dying, and becoming much less relevant. There are only two paths ahead for Agile to diminish even more until it becomes irrelevant or to finally change to survive by focusing on delivering value and not dogma. I do hope Agile adapts because despite all the valid …
Two of the Agile Manifesto lines say: “Working software over comprehensive documentation… Responding to change over following a plan” At the time Agile Manifesto signatories, people like Alistair Cockburn and Jim Highsmith wrote these lines because they were dealing with very detailed planning demands from management, …
As an experienced Agile Consultant, certified in several methods and frameworks including Scrum, SAFe and Kanban I have a distaste for magical solutions. Nothing is perfect, everything has flaws. Yet, I still recommend a Kanban Variation to most of my customers. Why? Kanban, contains the wisdom of the Lean movement, …
Scrum is the undisputed leader among all Agile approaches today, survey after survey confirms that it is the leading choice for organizations that want to improve their efficiency, and speed their time to market. However, despite their success Scrum still continues to revise and improve their own framework, their …
Sometimes people ask me, Joseph what’s the simplest Kanban board I could use, one that may even work with a small team? On those occasions, I am tempted to recommend Trello, but the fact that it does not even have support for Work-in-Progress limits, or mentions Kanban support anywhere dissuades me. Trello seems to …
Today the vast majority of people think Kanban looks like that picture on top, just some rows and columns of an unusual looking to-do list. And they would be mostly wrong, that’s literally the tip of the iceberg. Kanban, unlike Scrum deals with systems, large or small. But it thrives in large systems where many teams …
Releasing software today has many options, they vary in risk profile, and in the way they are performed. In this article we will do a summary of the main options available today. This is a valuable tool chest to have in mind in your road to better releases, less risk, and more peace of mind, in short in your road to …
In my experience working with Scrum for over a decade, the main challenge with the Product Owner role that Scrum recommends is that the people who usually perform that role have limited understanding of software development, and have different measurements for their job success than the Development Team. For these …
Fake Deadlines are the biggest life sucking hole in the history of business. Fake Deadlines do not follow reason, they are illogical and capricious. Fake Deadlines waste the most valuable asset of a company: their people. Fake Deadlines are evil because they do not lead by inspiration, they lead by fear. Fake Deadlines …
“Companies rarely die from moving too fast, and they frequently die from moving too slowly.” Reed Hastings, Netflix In the last 3 years, Agile has leaped beyond Software Development & IT to find receptive ears in the offices of important CEOs and their management teams. This time unlike what happened in the early …
