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Agile Beyond the IT Department

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Posted in Agile, Agile Adoption, agile enterprise, agile methodology, Business Agility, lean, Scrum

The Agile Project Manager?

——- A useful resource on Agile Project Management by Jim Highsmith (Affiliate)

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Posted in Agile, Agile Adoption, agile enterprise, agile methodology, Agile Project Manager, Agile Scaling, Budget, contracts, Legal, Scrum, Servant Leadership

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 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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Posted in Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Manager, agile methodology, Agile Teams, Opinion, Scrum, Servant Leadership, Uncategorized

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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Posted in Agile, Agile Adoption, agile enterprise, Agile Manager, Agile Teams, Scrum

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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Posted in Agile, agile enterprise, agile methodology, Agile Project Manager, Business Agility, hybrid Agile, Scrum

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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Posted in Agile, Agile Adoption, agile business, Agile Manager, Agile Teams, Community of Practice, Leadership, Scrum, Servant Leadership

Welcome to Auspicious Agile

Auspicious Agile is all about using Agile successfully in the Enterprise, in business, as a leader and adapting Agile methods for Asia.  So first a little background on me:  My name is John Okoro, I have worked in the technology

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Posted in Agile, Agile Adoption, agile business, agile manifesto, agile methodology, Agile Scaling, Asia, Business Agility, China, Leadership, SAFe, Scrum, Servant Leadership

Why Should I use a Framework to Scale Agile?

In my career and that of many Agile coaches and consultants that I have worked with scaling of Agile to the Enterprise level has come up while working with customers and companies.  The idea of scaling Agile is not new,

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Posted in Agile, Agile Adoption, agile enterprise, Agile Framework, agile methodology, Agile Scaling, Disciplined Agile Delivery, kanban, Large Scale Scrum (LESS), SAFe, Scrum, Scrum of Scrums, XP
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