Lean and Agile Category
Lean Software Management BBC Worldwide Case Study is Published
Posted on April 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
I first knew David Joyce, a Systems Thinker and Agile practitioner, through the local Limited WIP Society user group in Melbourne and in more recent times I have had an opportunity to know and work with him. David is one of those people who has a knack of explaining something that you can readily understand […]
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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 […]
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Cargo Cult Agile – It’s More Than Just Stand Ups
Posted on March 22, 2011 5 Comments
Image Source: Scott Adams 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 […]
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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 […]
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Chat with Alistair Cockburn about 10 years of Agile and more
Posted on February 28, 2011 2 Comments
The photo here is a picture of Alistair Cockburn and me earlier this week (it was taken on my iPhone and its bit blurred due to poor lighting). A few colleagues and I had the opportunity to have a hour chat with Alistair. We started with one of my colleagues asked Alistair about what […]
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Lean and Agile – Doing more with less
Posted on February 15, 2011 Leave a Comment
Have you been in a similar situation as the above Dilbert? Lean and Agile is about doing more with less. Lean and Agile doesn’t focus primarily on cost reduction, but more on strategic alignment around enterprise agility – reducing waste and simplified processes which then could have an impact on cost reductions. Furthermore, for comparable […]
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A Decade of the Agile Manifesto
Posted on February 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
Today marks 10 years of the Agile Manifesto. I am so glad I met you. You have transformed the way we work and go about product development. You have made I.T. fun and put team back into teamwork. Reflecting back, we have made a lot of progress in the past 10 years. We started with […]
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Agile Retrospectives are more than just asking questions
Posted on February 9, 2011 1 Comment
Here’s a great and short slide deck on Agile Retrospectives so you can get the most out of it. Many are not utilising retrospectives effectively to drive team improvement. It is more than just asking what went well, what could be improved for next iteration and what will we do differently for the next iteration.
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