Declaration of Interdependence? Cultural Shotgun
The purpose of this post is to share a cultural analysis of the Declaration of Interdependence (DOI). For those of you not familiar with it, the DOI could be characterized […]
Agile – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – Slides
I was thrilled when I had a chance to turn my Agile Culture Series and conclusions into a session to run at XPToronto (my local Agile user group). Slides are below.
Agile – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
This is your chance to hear about the Ugly harsh realities, the Bad news and the Good opportunities for Agile. In many ways this concludes the past months series on […]
Kanban is Like an Oreo Cookie
Kanban is like an Oreo Cookie: Dark Crunchy Control on the outside, but Sweet White Goodness (collaboration, cultivation and craftsmanship) on the inside!
Agile Culture, Adoption, & Transformation Reading Guide
This is a reading guide to the series that explores corporate culture and how that has a direct impact (sometimes very negative) on efforts towards Agile adoption and transformation. It […]
Ways to Make Progress with Culture Gaps
In an earlier post, I talked about how Agile Fits Better in Some Company Cultures than Others. In this post, we’ll review some common strategies for handling cultural mismatches.
Coaching Skills Dojo
Although Agile coaching requires many skills, we get back to basics by revisiting three fundamental coaching skills: observing, listening and questioning. As you put these three key skills into practice, […]
Sustaining Agility Game
Have you been on a software project where each release gets harder and harder? Many projects fall into the tar pit of the Design Dead Core. Why do nearly all […]
A Tour of Agile Adoption and Agile Transformation Models
In light of Agile adoption failures and awareness of cultural challenges, the purpose of this post is to review current models that are applied to Agile Adoption and Agile Transformation with […]
Agile Fits Better in Some Company Cultures than Others
At XPDays Benelux last November, Pascal Van Cauwenberghe told me that his main focus is to stop companies from doing Agile. I didn’t get it then. I think I finally […]
Software Craftsmanship promotes Competence Culture
The rise of anemic Scrum was noted to dismay among the Agile community and in particular by “Uncle Bob” Martin who coined the fifth Agile manifesto value of Craftsmanship over […]
Kanban aligns with Control Culture
In my last post, I looked at how Agile Culture is about Collaboration and Cultivation.
