Tag: agile software development

17
Jun

How Company Cultures Impact Agile Transition

A few years ago I was working with a client on an agile transition project. The company was relatively new to agile, but because they had a genuine desire to cut costs and produce higher quality products, they welcomed the opportunity for change. The development team were a good bunch too and had a cross-functional set of skills well suited

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14
Jun

Proof Agile Doesn’t Work…

Whilst recently attending a networking event, I was asked what I do, to which I replied I’m an Agile & Lean consultant. Being this was not a software development related event, my response was met by blank faces; until one of the group I was speaking to (who I’ll call ‘John’ for the purpose of this post) commented that “agile

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30
Sep

The Mysterious Case of the ‘Agile’ Duck

My son will be 3 next month. And he’s currently at the stage of language development where he generalises. Which makes for some very interesting — sometimes embarrassing — moments. For example, whilst walking down the street the other day we saw an elderly man. And being the friendly type he is, my son waved to him and said “Hello

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1
Jun

The Problem With ScrumMasters…

For a while now something has been bugging me… Something to do with Scrum… The “ScrumMaster” role to be exact. But the problem I have is not with the role itself – having fulfilled it myself, I understand it’s intended value to the scrum process. My problem is with the title. And here’s why… Although the word ‘master’ in ScrumMaster

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