I was fortunate to attend Gojko Adzic’s Specification By Example training. Although I was familiar with the topic and the content of his book Specification By Example, I learn a lot. In this post, I will share insights around: How to build software right the first time.
I have thought for a long time that Agile and Lean are pursuing similar goals and quite similar in many respects. Although compatible, I now see they have significant differences in focus. (Reader’s Note: this analysis was done in early 2012 but became a forgotten appendix for my book on Agile Culture.
Guy Lawrence – former CEO at Vodafone – tells of an organizational transformation effort that is intrinsically tied to office renovation – he says: “Conventional offices and working is dead”. A Simple Recipe: Death to cubicles and offices Buy everyone in the company a cell phone and a laptop. Remove all offices and cubicles.
Agile teams and innovators use sticky notes in group meetings to share ideas, organize thoughts and get to consensus. I created some guidance on using sticky notes to help people just getting started or for those who want to go faster. Here are some simple guidelines to go fast.
I just noticed that I neglected to post about this awesome slide deck I prepared for the Agile 2013 session by Martin Heider: My Agile Suitcase. It tells the story of the key tools that I carry in my consulting tool box.
It turns out that most teams have similar types of problems that prevent them from getting the full benefits from Agile. In this presentation, I review the top 10 Agile […]
Once upon a time, I was visiting with a client that wanted to do a reality check of the planned ship date for the release. Here is how you can leverage the wisdom of crowds to get a accurate prediction for the release date in just 30 minutes.
Slide deck with the top 10 things executives need to know about Agile: 10 things executives need to know about agile from Michael Sahota.
A simple (and misunderstood) way people think of their change initiative like this: Their organization is just sitting there, ready to change in wonderful ways. We just have to tell people how great our new initiative is and they will be lining up to learn more and make things happen. Right? Unfortunately, organizations are complex.
In this post I am sharing workshop results on how to understand the readiness of the leadership to undertake organizational transformation.
This post is about how one can create a bubble of a new culture inside of an existing organization. For example, this may be used by a group interested in […]
