We were really excited and humbled to be named in CIO Outlook’s top 25 Agile Solution providers in APAC 2016. CIO outlook has gained recognition within
In my previous post on Business Analysts as Specilaist Team members within a Scrum team noted, individual team members may have specialised skills and areas
Whilst individuals within a Scrum development team may have specialist skills and areas of focus, accountability to deliver the Sprint work belongs to the Development
Whilst Scrum Teams are self-organising and empowered, at scale, the Master Scrum Master (i.e. Chief Scrum Master) provides coordination and alignment to support teams’ delivery. In Government,
I’ve been working with a number of government agencies as they look to Agile methodologies to help them implement their digital transformation strategies. Governance is key
When scaling agile at an enterprise level, coordination and alignment across multiple teams is challenging. Whilst Agile teams are self-organising and empowered, someone needs to
Who should be your (Scrum) Product Owner? I’ve had a number of these conversations recently with small, boutique software development agencies and even design companies
The team I was working with had a “great problem” – more work than we could deliver. However this success brought mixed blessings as the
This presentation given at LAST 2014 (Melbourne, Australia) and Agile 2014 (Orlando, USA) outlines ZXM’s behavioural approach to changing culture to become more agile based on
We tend to think about agile as a software development approach, but it has applications to the business as it can aid the improvement of
Lean Coffee is an structured but agenda less meeting that allows participants to gather, build and talk. It’s a great way to run Retrospectives by crowd-sourcing what the team really want to talk about.
Presentation at the Australian Computer Society 2013, Canberra Australia. In a modern world of agile processes and self-managing teams, what role does the traditional Project
What does it take to produce results when using Scrum in a highly regulated, hierarchical, and often risk-averse culture like a government organisation? Here’s ZXMs top 5 tips.
Presentation at Agile 2013, Nashville USA. [gigya src=”http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” allowscriptaccess=”always” width=”450″ height=”400″ bgcolor=”#ffffff” flashvars=”prezi_id=4lepbbbgfxxw&lock_to_path=0&color=ffffff&autoplay=no&autohide_ctrls=0″]
PRINCE2 has been the gold standard for project management certification for over a decade. It’s commonly a prerequisite for project managers and is recognised as being essential for keeping projects “in control”, but does this make project management incompatible with Scrum? How do you put the two together?
On one of my recent projects, we were asked to deliver a new Information Architecture for a government website that reflected the depth and breath
Keynote presentation at Product Camp Sydney, 2013 [gigya src=”http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” allowscriptaccess=”always” width=”450″ height=”400″ bgcolor=”#ffffff” flashvars=”prezi_id=yxy_jtee1jfg&lock_to_path=0&color=ffffff&autoplay=no&autohide_ctrls=0″]
Often, when we find out that we don’t know something that may be important to know, it motivates us to find out more in order
So you’ve just finished usability testing in your Sprint and have a pile of changes for your agile team to implement. How do you break down the UX changes that are needed to make a product useful, usable and accessible, into smaller, bite-sized User Stories?
Traditionally, all testing, including assessing how easy real users can use your software, occurs in the very last phase of the project. But what if
It seems like agile training courses are sprouting up everywhere here in Australia. I seem to even be getting emails from places I don’t even
The UX Pin have produced a great infographic in an attempt to describe the differences between Lean UX and Agile UX. It’s a great look
How much documentation is enough for an agile project? Scrum doesn’t explicitly state what requirements are necessary to document during a Sprint or even throughout the project.
It usually happens this way. Adoption of agile methods begins with developers. This is because, according to the Agile Manifesto, agile work values “working software over
Australians are now the largest users of smartphones in the world[1] with reports suggesting that up to 86% own a mobile internet-capable device [2]. However,
This is looking to be a big year for Zen Ex Machina on the conference front. We’re hoping to return again to the USA to
I had the pleasure of returning to a Team I had been doing Scrum coaching with earlier in the year to do usability testing on
With one of our offices in Canberra — the seat of the Federal Government in Australia — I’ve been hearing that a number of departments
I’ve noticed a lot of people doing some sort of agile training. I’m very heartened by this move. Even designers seem to be starting to
How effective are your UX deliverables? Many of us produce amazingly beautiful, nuanced and comprehensive UX deliverables: Personas Storyboards Content inventories Concept maps Information maps
I recently presented at the LAST (Lean, Agile, Systems, Thinking) Conference in Melbourne about a project where I was asked to test if it was
ZXM had been working on a project with a client using Scrum to help them set up an Intranet redevelopment project. The transparency and collaboration
Many programs, projects and enterprises are starting to consider transforming to agile ways of working. Some start with just stand-ups. Some then call it Scrum.
Many UX practitioners own their own TARDIS – it’s the pattern many of us have adopted so designers can work with development teams using Agile methods
Businesses spend a lot of time and effort getting Users to their website and asking them to “like ” or subscribe to the site, yet
Many small businesses focus exclusively on creating a web site with amazing graphics, beautiful imagery and classic typography. The visual aesthetic, though, is only one
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