When agile is not a natural fit
For a while now, I’ve been leading a team in a situation where textbook agile practices aren’t a natural fit. My company, IP Commerce, has built a platform to enable electronic payments. Applications...
View ArticleStealth agile and agile contracts
I attended tonight’s Agile Denver meeting, which was a presentation by Richard Lawrence from Avenade entitled Stealth Agile – how to implement agile techniques when you don’t have full — or any —...
View Article5 levels of planning
Yesterday I attended the Agile Denver meeting for a presentation by Hubert Smits on the 5 levels of planning. I was already aware of the 5 levels and I like to use all 5 levels, but it’s always good to...
View ArticleMeasurement and management
I’ve been following a thread on the Agile Project Management mailing list on measuring productivity. One of the posts makes reference to the oft-repeated axiom, “if you can’t measure it, you can’t...
View ArticlePerformance Evaluations
What do performance evaluations have to do with agile & lean software? As a core component of an organization’s culture, they have a huge impact on the way individuals, teams and the whole company...
View ArticleExecution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
Here is my synopsis of the book Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan. “To understand execution, you have to keep three key points in mind: Execution is a...
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