Enterprise-level Agile Implementation
I was recently asked to help a consulting firm who is working with a client having trouble with a very large enterprise-level Agile implementation. It seems that the company had gone head-over-heels...
View ArticleWhere Does it Hurt?
I’ve seen a lot of people jump into Agile just because it’s the latest and coolest thing to do and there’s a lot of momentum behind it. It’s like the “Program du jour” for some companies – I can...
View ArticleWhat is an Enterprise-level Agile Coach?
When people use the term “Agile Coach” it is often not exactly clear what they mean. Most often, what they’re talking about is what I would call a team-level Agile Coach. That is someone who works at a...
View ArticleMaking Agile Work for Your Business
Background There is widespread knowledge that exists about almost every possible aspect of how to optimize an Agile development process at a team level; however, the knowledge about how to make Agile...
View ArticleA “Business Centric” Approach to Agile
Many Agile coaching and consulting companies take what I would call a “developer-centric” approach to Agile. It is heavily focused on team-level capabilities and is primarily oriented around improving...
View ArticleBusiness Process Reengineering and Agile
I recently wrote an article on a “Business-centric Approach to Agile“. Have you ever thought about how similar an enterprise-level Agile transformation is to “Business Process Reengineering (BPR)”? The...
View ArticleModifying and Extending Agile/Scrum
I recently participated in a discussion on LinkedIn that was initiated by someone who suggested several possible roles for a Business Analyst in Agile/Scrum that didn’t seem consistent with Agile...
View ArticleHow Do You Go About “Selling Agile”?
A student in one of my courses asked if I could help him develop a short and succinct way of “selling Agile” to his colleagues. I think it’s an excellent topic and I told him I would write up something...
View ArticleAgile Project Management: Are You a Caterpillar or a Butterfly?
I attended a very good webinar the other day with Ankur Nagpal, the CEO of Teachable, which is one of the training platforms that hosts my Agile Project Management Training curriculum. He was talking...
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