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Pointers on Enterprise Agile Transformation

Hi All, This week I want to discuss some pointers to being successful with Enterprise Agile from my experience: Program and Portfolio Planning First when it comes to Agile Program and Portfolio planning it can be very valuable to align

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Posted in Agile, Agile Adoption, agile enterprise, agile methodology, Agile Project Manager, Agile Scaling, Budget, Release Plan, Roadmap Plan, Servant Leadership, T-Shirt Sizing

Is it Really that Hard to Scale Agile?

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Posted in Agile, Agile Adoption, agile methodology, Agile Scaling, Business Agility, Distributed Teams, Scrum

The Company That Went Agile With a Big Bang!

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Adapting Agile Methods for Asia

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The Best Agile Manager I Ever Worked For

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As we continue to explore Agile leadership, today I want to talk about the best Agile Manager that I ever worked for. It was several years ago, and I was working as part of a group that did custom software

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Is making money the most important thing for an Agile team?

In the last few weeks in meetings in Malaysia and Singapore the topic of whether making money should be top priority for an Agile Team has come up. For purposes of this discussion we will assume that the Agile team

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Posted in Agile, agile manifesto, agile methodology, Budget, business value, Scrum

Are there really no managers in Scrum?

Teaching classes over the past few weeks the question of what role managers have in Scrum has come up several times.  In answering these questions I mentioned that Scrum describes three primary roles – ScrumMaster, Product Owner, and Team.  However,

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Small but not Lean or Agile

Several years ago I was working with a start-up company (we will call them Acme) in the technology space.  Start-up companies are known for being very Agile in their approach to the market, but that wasn’t exactly the case with

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Posted in Agile, agile methodology, Business Agility, lean, lean startup

Does Hybrid Agile Work?

In working with many companies, and talking with many of my colleagues (both Agilists, and non-Agile IT practitioners) the topic of Agile hybrids comes up frequently.  People ask whether it is okay to use Agile and waterfall side-by-side in the

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To Lead is Agile

Attending the Scrum Alliance Regional Scrum Gathering in Shanghai (www.scrumgathering.cn) this week the opening Key Note by Harvey Wheaton from Scrum Alliance addressed the role of leaders in Agile. Historically there has been the perception that managers and leaders do

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