Agile Transformation Insights
Changing Your Viewpoint of the Project Management ‘Iron’ Triangle (Part 2)
In the last post, we looked at the traditional approach to project management in terms...
Changing Your Viewpoint of the Project Management ‘Iron’ Triangle (Part 1)
This will be the first of two posts to help you understand the alignment between...
Agile and Change Management: Not Apples and Oranges
Agile is a collaborative, user-focused approach to software delivery. Change management (CM) drives the successful...
What Makes Agile Coaching Both Difficult & Important
Recently I participated in an internal coaching circle with several colleagues that focused on assessing...
4 Signs You Need Lean Discovery
In a previous post, we defined Lean Discovery as a set of tools and processes...
Sizing Agile Stories with the Relative Sizing Grid
Agile practitioners have long recognized the value of sizing Agile stories using relative sizing. Story...
Is a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Right For Us?
Two years ago I became a SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) Program Consultant (SPC). Although most...
Have you ever found yourself wondering if the product or feature you’re working on really...
Ha, Not Ready to Ri: The Shu Ha Ri Approach to Agile Development
Have you been on a team or in an organization that adopts a new methodology...
Make Your User Stories Manageable Through Story Decomposition
We’ve all been there: sprint backlogs filled with large unwieldy epics, or maybe your team...
What is Agile Program Management?
Agile + Program Management = Agile Program Management. Easy, right? Not so much. Agile Program...
5 Keys to a Successful Agile Transformation
While aiming for a more nimble and responsive IT organization is a worthy goal, the...