There is a trend today that I find troubling: non-technical release train engineers, Agile coaches, or others in Agile leadership roles who are non-technical, leading the way for Agile ceremony planning without including technical thought leaders who know the technical side of Agile (which today..
Non-Technical Agile Leads to Waterfall: Guest Blog Series
Jul 28, 2019 1:20:00 PM / by Cliff Berg (Guest Blogger) posted in Agile, Agile Organizational Design, Agile Organization, Agile Coaching, Modernized Technology, Product Portfolio Management, Agile Transformation, Digital Transformation, Waterfall, Guest Blog, Cliff Berg
Agile Coaching Intensive Series - Episode 3 - The Agile Coaching Roadmap
Mar 19, 2019 6:20:00 PM / by Ken Fritz posted in Agile Organization, Agile Coaching, Agile Team Facilitator, ICAgile
In the third and final episode of our Agile Coaching Intensive series - Ken Fritz (Director of Software Delivery) overviews the agile coaching roadmap and key agile mindset shifts that come along with agile coaching. Watch this episode to unpack the career path and impact of an agile coach.
Agile Coaching Intensive Series - Episode 2 - The 5 W's of the Agile Team Facilitator
Mar 11, 2019 9:33:00 AM / by Ken Fritz posted in Agile Organization, Agile Coaching, Agile Team Facilitator
In the second episode of our Agile Coaching Intensive series - Ken Fritz (Director of Software Delivery) overviews the who, what, when, where and why of an Agile Team Facilitator. Watch this episode to unpack the evolution of an agile team facilitator in career path of agile coaching.
Agile Coaching Intensive Series - Episode 1 - Agile Coaching Roles
Mar 4, 2019 1:01:00 PM / by Ken Fritz posted in Agile Organization, Agile Coaching, ICAgile
In the first episode of our Agile Coaching Intensive series - Ken Fritz (Director of Software Delivery) overviews the four main pathways of an agile coach's career and how the agile coach interacts with the rest of the organization.
Fostering a Culture of Commitment – Dedicated to achieving Sprint Goals
Jan 18, 2018 5:21:00 PM / by BrianB posted in Continuous Business Value Delivery, Agile Organization, Agile Coaching, agile assessment
So, creating a Agile team sounds good on paper, but making this a reality is often harder in most organizations. The hardest part of moving to dedication of team members is first believing that the benefits are worth enduring the pain that often accompanies this move. In the “pre-dedication” way..
An Overview of Agile Team Design
Jun 16, 2017 12:39:00 PM / by Paul Friedman posted in Agile Organization, Agile Coaching, Agile Team Design
Transforming to an agile software delivery model is filled challenging, especially when you are working in an organization of a large scale. In large organizations, one of the most common practices to improve efficiency is to build an organization of specialists. Every specialist knows how to..
3 things about Agile requirements roles that you want to know
May 9, 2017 2:00:00 PM / by Urooj Hussain posted in Agile Organization, Agile Coaching, Business Analyst, Product Owner, Product Manager
In my experience delivering high velocity, critical business projects, I have worked in environments that have traditional software development approaches as well as environments using agile development approaches. While Scrum has a Product Owner role, every organization is unique and hence their..
3 Easy Agile Fixes to Boost Your Productivity of your Agile Implementation
Apr 18, 2017 3:24:00 PM / by Brian posted in Agile Organization, Agile Coaching
Agile frameworks, like Scrum, are generally easy to understand. With many teams where we have taught and coached, there are some common mindset and practice tweaks that make a real difference to productivity. Here's our top 3 easy fixes to boost the level of productivity of your agile..
How can Agile make you faster, more innovative, and competitive? Learn about Agile Methodology
Apr 13, 2017 11:16:00 AM / by CarmenB posted in Agile Organization, Agile Coaching
What is Agile? And, how can it make you faster, more innovative, and competitive?
In today’s business environment, how is your organization remaining relevant? Is it investing in innovation? Is your organization feeling pressures to deliver products to the market faster in order to remain..
3 Scenarios To Consider in Gherkin's GWT Format for User Stories
Sep 7, 2016 3:49:00 PM / by Urooj Hussain posted in Gherkin, Agile Organization, Agile Coaching
As a product owner, I am constantly challenged with writing user stories that meet my stakeholder needs. A key deliverable from a Product Owner is having user stories with crisp acceptance criteria. Having clear acceptance criteria enables the scrum team’s ability to deliver high-quality..