We are about ‘being agile’ not ‘doing agile’. I’ve lost count of how many times I have heard this mantra reverberated by passionate agile coaches who genuinely mean well. I’ve equally experienced such words of wisdom wholeheartedly accepted by sponsors Read more…
Most humans through self preservation avoid danger, and that danger can be anything we perceive as a threat, especially to life. While extremely important for our survival as a species, especially during more precarious times in our human evolution, we Read more…
The sprint planning session is one of the key activities to ensure a successful execution of your Agile projects. If done correctly, it will help ensure you have the commitment and buy-in from each team member to deliver the content Read more…
User Story Best Practices User Story is an Agile software development methodology tool which helps to capture a description of a software feature from the perspective of end-user. User Story help to create requirement description. User Story describes three things: Type of Read more…
Though most companies are implementing agile methodologies, there are still common misconceptions and myths about Agile. This blog will look at some of the misconceptions to help the individuals already implementing agile to avoid common pitfalls, but it will make companies Read more…
There are many project management systems in Agile, Scrum is one of them. Scrum is a project management working life cycle, and mostly used in software developments. Often people think that scrum is a methodology but, actually it is an Agile framework for Read more…
The combination of the Lean thinking and the Agile Manifesto concepts creates the Lean-Agile Mindset. Lean and Agile complement each other to yield better results in the shortest sustainable time with the highest level of delivery. The Lean-Agile Mindset is adopted by leaders who Read more…
What do all successful coaches have in common? What the key attributes of a successful coach. I have listed three of the not so obvious here . Accept that you don’t know The first thing all seasoned coaches tell you Read more…
A daily scrum or stand up, is a 15 minutes meeting for teams to meet and synchronise activities. It is an opportunity to fine tune daily priorities, understand what is being done by each team member and how they can Read more…
Agile Practices for Project Management encourage effective and thorough planning. It enables you to identify and prioritize the features in your backlog by developing what is more important and of high value. When the essential features are done, the teams Read more…