Agile

Aug
10
2020
By Clarence Galapon

Performance

Agile, Agile Release Train, team, team of teams, Teams
Day 135. Optimum performance is not the sum of the individual parts. Example: a set or collection of agile teams. Optimum performance is the product of the interaction of the individual parts. Example: a team of agile teams — an Agile Release Train — interacting in a Lean and Agile way! Interaction is agile. Interaction is lean!
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May
18
2020
By Clarence Galapon
Invest In Good User Stories

Invest In Good User Stories

Agile, Elite Circle, INVEST, Negotiable, Story
Day 54. A good user story is negotiable and negotiated. A user story is a placeholder for requirements to be discussed, defined, designed, developed, tested, and accepted. It contains the intent and it is open to negotiation between the business and the agile team; it allows for discovery through collaboration, conversation, confirmation and feedback. Continue reading
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Feb
13
2020
By Clarence Galapon

When Agile-ing In A Waterfall World

Agile, Waterfall
This is how it looks like -- as portrayed in this Dilbert cartoon -- when waterfall is spray painted with a cheap paint and called it Agile. Is this your world right now? If yes, then how would you handle it... how would you turn it from this waterfall iron triangle -- fixed scope, fixed deadline, and fixed quality -- into a true Agile way? To be continued...
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Feb
09
2020
By Clarence Galapon

Movies and Agile

Agile, movies, oscars
Oscars -- an event honoring actors and filmmakers in the movies. I was watching it - the 92nd Oscars, 2020 -- as I was writing this blog item. Got to share my observations vis-a-vis the titles of the movies in the running for Oscars awards: 'A good title says what a movie is!' Example: Evoke a setting :'Once upon a time in Hollywood' About a person: 'The Irishman' About women; 'Little Women' About something unsettling: 'Parasite' Likewise in Agile: A good name of an Epic, Feature, or a Story says about the intent of it! Intent ... is key. Delivery…
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Apr
10
2019
By Clarence Galapon
The Power of Pull

The Power of Pull

Agile, Bottleneck, Curiosity, Highest Priority, Kanban, Pull, Push, Scrum, sequence
An idea pushed to people is less successful in terms of its appreciation compared to an idea pulled in by the people. Example: a speaker who is simply dumping information to the audience is less successful compared to a speaker who is stirring the audiences' curiosity... the audience continuously pulling in information...they are drawn-in to what is being revealed to them -- an idea -- one piece at a time, and in the right sequence. Don't push in your idea, let your idea be pulled in by invoking curiosity. An audience must be curious enough and ready to entertain your…
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Apr
01
2019
By Clarence Galapon
Simplicity is Essential

Simplicity is Essential

Agile, Agile Principle #10, Essential, Principle, Simplicity
Apple -- Their products embody simplicity Simplicity is essential. Apple know this -- just look everything about Apple...simple yet elegant and sophisticated. Google know the power of simplicity as well... their browser is simple yet attractive -- easy on my eyes, I can focus on the one thing, the reason why I opened the browser: to search! Unlike Yahoo's browser...it is too busy, made my eyes tired, too many things vying for my attention -- when all I wanted to do was to search! Apple and Google did the things that have the most impact and maximized the work NOT…
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Mar
28
2019
By Clarence Galapon
The Side-Effect of Efficiency

The Side-Effect of Efficiency

Agile, Effective, Efficient, Lean
Have you seen companies that run like clockwork? Very efficient (Lean) -- doing things right. I bet you have seen such companies. Too efficient, however; the practices that made them very efficient directly limited their ability to adapt and to innovate. Why change a perfectly good and efficient model? Just keep making more of the same! Right? Then came along the innovators; the disruptors of status quo. Suddenly, the efficient companies have a problem...it is not an efficiency problem; they have an adaptability problem. Netflix in, Blockbuster out What are those companies that failed or were too late to adapt?…
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Apr
30
2018
By Clarence Galapon
Adapt to Any Situation…

Adapt to Any Situation…

Adapt, Agile, Inspire, Lean
April 29, Sunday afternoon. It was a very nice weather -- sunny, blue skies, breezy and a balmy 67F; my family and I were at the UNCC -- University of North Carolina, Charlotte --  Science Expo. Lots of university students showing their stuff; kids and families gathering around them. It was a very festive scene. As we walked around to check various exhibits/booths, we came across a robot doing a two-finger push up. I immediately took out my iPhone and started filming it. It was so awesome (check it out at https://vimeo.com/leanagileguru/bruce). This robot's act reminded me of a film on…
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Apr
20
2018
By Clarence Galapon
To Pivot or to Persevere…that is the Question

To Pivot or to Persevere…that is the Question

Agile, Improve, Inform, Innovate, Inspire, Iterate, Lean, Transformation
  "Pivot is a change in strategy without a change in vision" -- unknown. On April 17, 2018, we made a key decision: change the name and web address of our Blog site ( referring to another Blog site of ours, the predecessor of this Blog site). Why?  The new name makes more sense in portraying what our Blog site is all about: Sharing knowledge and absorbing knowledge; providing enlightenment, guidance, coaching and encouragement; and being a Servant-Leader and a Guru.  There were other things — that were observed (as part of the learning process) and measured — that were…
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