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
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Invest In Good User Stories
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,
Plan Versus Value
Day 52. Plan versus value … which one wins?
Language Barrier
Day 41. It’s like Waterfall folks versus Agile folks… one talks in terms of fixed scope; the other talks in terms of variable scope.
When Agile-ing In A Waterfall World
This is how it looks like — as portrayed in this Dilbert cartoon — when waterfall is spray painted with a cheap paint and called
Movies and Agile
Oscars — an event honoring actors and filmmakers in the movies. I was watching it – the 92nd Oscars, 2020 — as I was writing
Variations
XP Scrum ScrumXP Kanban KanbanXP ScrumBan What else?
The Power of Pull
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
Simplicity is Essential
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
The Side-Effect of Efficiency
Have you seen companies that run like clockwork? Very efficient (Lean) — doing things right. I bet you have seen such companies. Too efficient, however;
Thin,Vertical Slices — the Key to Success!
Happy Mother’s Day to my wife and to all moms! It’s a Sunday afternoon, 3PM EST, May 13, 2018, Mother’s Day — hot 92F, sunny
Adapt to Any Situation…
April 29, Sunday afternoon. It was a very nice weather — sunny, blue skies, breezy and a balmy 67F; my family and I were at
To Pivot or to Persevere…that is the Question
“Pivot is a change in strategy without a change in vision” — unknown. On April 17, 2018, we made a key decision: change the
