Transformation failure is on leadership. Change principles live or die on leadership connecting vision to value. Agile does not scale without …
Scrum without Lean HR: #fail
Executives expect Agile results, but too few executives and managers realize the organization change necessary to support Agile results. Agile without …
Scrum Master as Scrum Maester, a game of thrones
A listen to the Scrum Guide update video with Ken Schwaber, Jeff Sutherland, and David West makes a case that I did …
Stand up to daily scrum
Successful Agile development is principles over practice. Many an Agile Coach, Scrum Master, and Agile roles assure people the difference between …
User Story Mapping by the book
All design, whether PowerPoint deck, website, software, product, operating model, or Thanksgiving dinner, is an effort to deliver experience. Experience can range …
An Agile example of Scrum by design
From startups to corporate leviathans, the business directive to be more Agile tends to ring hollow. Scrum is the most popular …
High performance team of me
Many times what looks like a team is not team. A high performance team is beyond skin deep and requires shared …
Scrum and portfolio strategy as 2 current challenges
An Agile focus is on people and interactions to produce
frequent, tangible results. A portfolio perspective is very similar
to 401(k) plans: collect a basket of options to mix and match for
targeted results. Both are current challenges that can deliver
better results.
Social Media in an Agile World
Very pleased to present at Project Management Institute New York City chapter on Agile social media. Longtime PMI volunteer, Steve Nosal, and myself …
Lean into social media
Social media stresses compression of more with less. The more is information, the less is time. Time to read, react, and …