Jul 19, 2019 | 1. Agile Basics, 2. Scaling Agile
Every time a new initiative is starting, it’s intrinsically risky. This is even more true when the solution you need to develop, is a big one. An approach that is able, if well executed, to drastically reduce risks from the very beginning is the Agile Inception....
Jun 19, 2019 | 1. Agile Basics
What if some sarcastic guys would challenge us by asserting that Agile/Scrum primarily are mainly great approaches to manage risks?! Should we feel offended by that? Well, let’s see how Agile addresses and manages risks, then we can decide :o) Once I read,...
Jun 17, 2019 | 1. Agile Basics, 2. Scaling Agile
If managing risks with Agile could seem trivial in case of just one team, what are the good practices when multiple teams are working together building the same solution? In the first part of this post, I explored how great is Agile at ts core and, more specifically,...
May 4, 2019 | 2. Scaling Agile
In one of my previous post “A feather for scaling Lean/Agile Product Development”, I presented the main characteristics of Nexus, the scaling framework created by Ken Schwaber and Scrum.org. In this post I would like to share what are the strengths of this...
Feb 3, 2019 | 3. Change Management, 6. Business Agility
Have you ever heard about the state of flow? Pyschologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, creator of the state of flow concept, describes the importance for a person in finding the right balance between Competition and Competence, as the key to being able to respond...
Jan 9, 2019 | 3. Change Management, 6. Business Agility
In my previous post I wrote about the state of flow, how to reach it and its importance of amplify its effects at organizational level. In this post I would like to talk on how to diagnose and help Agile teams to reach their state of flow. Reaching the state of flow...