Monthly Archives: March 2011
How People and Process Enabled Facebook to become a Phenomenal Company
Posted on March 23, 2011 Leave a Comment
I came across a case study on Facebook and how two key factors that contributed to Facebook’s success: people – in particular Mark Zuckerberg himself – and process – ‘moving fast’. Facebook has a culture of speed and values moving fast above anything else – fast releases and fast learning through fast feedback. Everyone is responsible […]
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Cargo Cult Agile – It’s More Than Just Stand Ups
Posted on March 22, 2011 5 Comments
Most people associate daily stand ups or daily Scrums when they think of Agile. And they are often the first practice that is adopted. I have observed some teams adopt the daily stand ups and a little of other practices (often with smells/anti-patterns) and say they are Agile. The adoption of agile methods and practices […]
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Defining Agile Is More Illusive Than Ever
Posted on March 14, 2011 1 Comment
There is a long discussion thread in the Agile Business Analyst LinkedIn Group on how to define agile. In my post last year, The Illusive Definition of Agile which contained a link to a post from Jim Highsmith on this topic, it was alluded that defining agile would not be straight forward. In the post I said […]
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Lean and Agile Games
Posted on March 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
Learning about Lean and Agile is often done best through some games. Lean and Agile games provide an opportunity for teams to grasp lean and agile concepts and practices, share experience, realise better ways of working, and help facilitate your ‘aha’ or ‘Lightbulb Moment‘. And they are fun! Below is a short collection of Lean […]
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The Law of Raspberry Jam (Reflecting on Agile Progress) by Jim Highsmith
Posted on March 1, 2011 Leave a Comment
The following post is from Jim Highsmith reflecting on Agile adoption which I found fascinating. In his classic, The Secrets of Consulting, Jerry Weinberg offers us his Law of Raspberry Jam, “The wider you spread it, the thinner it gets.” I thought about this recently as I’ve read blogs and articles from Agilists who are […]
