Agile and User Engagement: When is the right time to go to users?
There are many traditional times you can engage users – gathering requirements and user acceptance testing. What are the best times to engage users when you’re in an agile team?
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What’s the difference between a Project Manager and a Scrum Master
Is a Scrum Master a team lead, agile project manager, or delivery manager? There are many differences between the role of project manager and Scrum Master. Who writes reports, approves work, and controls and manages outcomes for an agile team might surprise you.
What to do when a User Story is 'not done'
Teams love to get credit for their efforts, but is that what you should do if a User Story gets 1/2 way there but doesn’t get to Done in the Sprint? What should you really do with the remainder of the work?
Agile for All: How Does Agile IQ Benefit Everyone In Your Enterprise
Every executive knows that access to credible, reliable and independent data is the key to making sound decisions. Yet, while many organisations turn to intuition, gut instinct, self-reporting, and vanity metrics when it comes to agile capability maturity, now there’s a way to have an objective picture.
Training in a Virtual World – How to get that F2F vibe in a remote classroom
It would be great if training in the virtual world were as simple as training in person, but it’s not. As workplaces transitioned to working remotely, we had to rapidly pivot and work out how to deliver virtual training but also keep the vibe of interaction and discussion that makes face to face (F2F) sessions so valuable.
Executive agility: To be able to pivot and respond effectively in times of change
How do executives ensure their agile teams remain productive and how do you create a culture that can pivot and adapt to meet market changes? How to create the measures to help you steer when the speed of change is rapid and understand the leading indicators to track to reduce your risk profile.
How do I run a Retrospective?
The Retrospective is one of five events in Scrum. It’s purpose is to inspect the whole Scrum Team from the perspective of people, process and tools, and then adapt the way the whole team works (including the Product Owner).
Waterfall vs. Agile – Why do projects fail? Is it a knowledge problem or a requirements problem
Why do traditional, waterfall style projects fail? Some claim its a requirements problem and point to the need for more planning, user research, and design. The truth is we’re not looking at the problem the right way and complex environments require a different way to collecting information and delivering using that knowledge.
Increase your Ability to Pivot with Agile Change Management Practices
Traditional Change Management’s linear approach exacerbates the steepness of the change curve and leads to a “Productivity Dip” as it attempts to manage risk through upfront planning. Agile Change Management addresses this dip by iterative customer feedback to focus efforts on the most important activities, determined by customer value and stakeholder impact and outcomes
The symbols of agile are nice, but they won’t make you agile or change your culture.
What is an agile culture? How do you recognise an agile enterprise – one that’s gone through a true digital transformation? Some would point to post-it notes, others would highlight the dedicated team spaces decorated in their team symbols. Others would point to the posters around the office, heralding innovation. Unfortunately, these won’t make you agile.
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