Google, Agile and Business Value
Google announced on 4/20 that it earned $1.002 billion in the first quarter. The Net was up 69% from 2006. See WSJ.com – Google Displays Core Strength*. The sales increase was not too shabby either....
View ArticleHow to learn more about Lean-Agile
Several people who have taken recent courses have asked “where do we find a discussion group where we can learn more about agile?” Here are some answers. First, find local people. Agile Alliance has a...
View ArticleThe Nokia Test (3): Agile Specifications
The third line in the Nokia Test is: “The Iteration must start before the specification is complete.” What does this mean? The first practical goal was to eliminate the analysis paralysis and delay...
View ArticleThe primacy of learning
I am taking the view more and more that learning is the central thing about business. What does this mean? First, learning by itself is not that meaningful. It is learning combined with action. And...
View ArticleKaikaku or kaizen? (2)
I recently did a mail/internet survey, asking people what kinds of training they might be interested in. (If you would like to respond to this, please tell me.) Someone responded, “how about adopting a...
View ArticleLearning more
If you are looking for more to learn from…May I suggest, Alice, this rabbit-hole here:http://leanagiletraining.com/AgileInfo/Agile%20Info.htm Many rooms to visit. With people of many persuasions. All...
View ArticleChoosing a Scrum course/trainer
This is a question I get from time to time: How should I choose between one course/trainer and another? This is an important question and deserves some thought. It does not deserve, in my opinion, a...
View ArticleIs release planning worth it?
In a word: Yes, if done professionally. How is release planning, and release plan refactoring…how are they useful? A few ideas: It enables the Team to share ideas It allows the Team to see the same...
View ArticleOur Favorite Scrum Mistakes
Ah, Valentine’s Day! A day for a simpler love than “love your enemies”. But even this simpler love is quite complex. Well, as long as one is not besotted like Romeo below the balcony. Or Juliet above....
View ArticleLeading Fearless Change
What is the hardest thing about Scrum? (Maybe in life.) Probably, it is that we must lead change. Getting people to change is difficult. And in Scrum, for example, we are always trying to change...
View ArticleCSP… in demand…
We have a problem in Scrum. First, we do well to call it more an opportunity than a problem. We have a lot more opportunity sitting on the table that we have not grabbed yet. Scrum, in general, can...
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