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What about Agile Documentation?
Posted on June 9, 2011 Leave a Comment
I have been asked countless times “how is documentation managed on agile projects?” or “can you give me a template for agile documentation”. I have also heard statements like “we do not need to do any documentation when using agile”. And more recently I was asked “how do I best document an agile build as […]
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Enlightened trial and error succeeds over the planning of the lone genius
Posted on June 6, 2011 3 Comments
“Enlightened trial and error succeeds over the planning of the lone genius” is a quote from a great video demonstrating how teamwork and agile concepts at IDEO is used to successfully deliver innovation and solutions in a non-IT environment in just 5 days! Some highlights which I thought were pertinent to agile: The people are […]
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Requirement Changes Are Put Into The Product Backlog
Posted on May 18, 2011 Leave a Comment
Image Source: Scott Adams Agile welcomes changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer’s competitive advantage. Short feedback loops in Agile allow the team to get fast feedback and incorporate changes required by the customer and reduce the possibility of the team developing the wrong product for too long. The […]
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Bridging Business and I.T. through Communication and Collaboration
Posted on April 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
Image Source: Scott Adams How many times have you heard, “that’s what I said, but not what I meant or wanted”? Too many times I would suspect. Many symptoms of project issues are related to organizational, collaboration, and communication issues, not technology. One of the challenges of any I.T. initiative is getting people to communicate […]
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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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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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