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A Litmus Test for Agility
Being Agile seems to be the rage these days and everyone has an opinion on what Agility means and how to do it “right”. This article doesn’t make process recommendations, but it does provide a quick,...
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Agile and Scrum in Directing a Play
Before learning about and working within an Agile framework, I was a theatre arts professor, and directed countless play productions, large and small, modern and classical. I believe I took to the way...
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Slaying Hydra: The Story of A Business Agility Coaching Partnership
Part I of III Summer 2014. The IT group of “Big Data Marketing” was in the full throws of an Agile transformation spearheaded by the new CTO. I was brought in as a Scrum Coach. My initial objective was...
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An Analogy Between a Consultant/Coach and Paratrooper. Information and...
“Paratroopers are used for tactical advantage as they can be inserted onto the battlefield from … any location[. This] allows paratroopers to evade emplaced fortifications that exist to prevent an...
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Agility: Knowledge Generation and Beauty
Compromised Agility The authors of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development expound a set of values and principles that define “Agile Software Development”. These values and principles, written in...
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Agile Blog: Scrum vs Open Agile vs Kanban (Visual Summary)
Welcome Agilist…whist we focus on ‘Being’ Agile, ‘Doing’ Agile goes hand in hand towards achieving a common goal…here is a quick visual comparative summary of 3 closely related but unique systems...
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The Real Relationship Between Scrum & Kanban
(Image: Cover image of the book Essential Kanban Condensed by David J. Anderson and Andy Carmichael.) Many people I interact with seem to believe that Kanban is another Agile methodology for helping...
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Customers Don’t Pay Me to Write Tests: The Importance of Tests
As a technical agile coach and trainer, I help teams discover ways of testing. Some teams ignore tests altogether, while others write every possible test possible, wasting valuable time and not being...
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9 Ways to Identify the “Perfect” Scrum Master
Preamble Is there such a thing as a perfect Scrum Master? Likely not, because of course we are all human and not perfect beings. However, we can make a case for skills that contribute to becoming a...
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The Perils of Meeting-Driven Culture
Does your organization have a meeting-driven culture? Not sure? Ask yourself how much time you spend in meetings. Are they effective? Search the Internet and you’ll discover that we spend way more time...
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