In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, more and more people and businesses are considering remote work. Finding yourself in this situation, especially when you’re usually working in a collocated team, can be a difficult adjustment to make, but there’s no need …
This is part 3 of the 3 part blog series to help you start to apply Kanban in your environment. Click here for part 1 or here for part 2.
In part 1 of this blog series, I guided you through visualising your workflow and considering what makes you “fit for …
This is part 2 of the 3 part blog series to help you start to apply Kanban in your environment. Click here for part 1 or here for part 3.
Continuing on from the previous Getting Started with Kanban post, once you’ve visualised your workflow and defined your fitness for …
This is part 1 of a 3 part blog series to help you start to apply Kanban in your environment. Click here for part 2 or here for part 3.
Most people start using Kanban by creating a board with 3 columns. But a process isn’t just a board - the beginning of the work …
Stop. Wait a minute.
Before jumping into solutions, we need to take the time to analyse the problem we’re trying to solve. I’ve worked with companies who wanted to improve their communication, so bought a communication tool; they wanted to improve the …
Several years ago, I was asked this question during a job interview and it completely caught me off-guard. Innovation is a word that is used a lot, especially in the tech sector, and I thought I knew what it was until I struggled to verbalise it.
Back then, I described …
A strong and positive workplace culture. Something every business wants to have, but what do we mean by it?
Oddly enough, in my searching, I’ve not found a satisfactory definition of “good culture”. So I’ve decided to come up with my own:
The …
Many software teams struggle with knowing how and when to handle those inevitable bugs. Whilst your company might have different terms including bugs, defects, incidents, issues, errors, faults etc., they all come down to something that is preventing the user from carrying …
What’s the difference between “Agile” as an approach to delivering products or services to customers, vs. “agile” as an adjective, defined as being able to move quickly and easily?
While it’s true that the iterative approach to software …
Let’s talk a little about progress. You’ve probably heard the famous quote from the 1970s:
Now we all know how wrong this quote now is, but let’s actually look at the progress that has been made over the last 50 years.
Back in 1970, an IBM mainframe …
Is “psychological safety” simply another buzzword or is there more to it?
You may have only heard of the term in recent years. This is due to the findings of Google’s Project Aristotle where they discovered it was the secret to building the most productive …
Whether you’re looking to become an Agile Coach or want to improve how you help the people you work with, there are a number of skills you’ll need.
To identify the skills, we first need to revisit what an Agile Coach is. Most of what you find online defines the …