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Category: Agility

Mind your language!

Posted on Sun 03 Jan 2021Fri 20 Aug 2021 By Grumpy No Comments on Mind your language!
Mind your language!

Do. Or do not. There is no try.

Agility, Leadership

Agile Metrics: Ask yourself WHY.

Posted on Mon 10 Aug 2020Wed 20 Jan 2021 By Grumpy 4 Comments on Agile Metrics: Ask yourself WHY.
Agile Metrics: Ask yourself WHY.

Are you measuring the right things for the right reasons?

Agility, Leadership

Change the conversation

Posted on Wed 05 Aug 2020Wed 20 Jan 2021 By Grumpy 1 Comment on Change the conversation
Change the conversation

Ban the but!

Agility, Leadership

Predictability: Get over it.

Posted on Tue 04 Aug 2020Wed 20 Jan 2021 By Grumpy 3 Comments on Predictability: Get over it.
Predictability: Get over it.

One of the barriers I’ve come across during agile development transformations, is the perceived lack of predictability the shiny new methodology brings with it.

Agility, Leadership

Story Points don’t matter!

Posted on Fri 31 Jul 2020Wed 20 Jan 2021 By Grumpy 1 Comment on Story Points don’t matter!
Story Points don’t matter!

Of course they matter. But probably not as much as you might think.

Agility

Why developers can’t test their own code

Posted on Thu 30 Jul 2020Fri 25 Sep 2020 By Grumpy No Comments on Why developers can’t test their own code

You don’t see what you’re not looking for.

Agility, Leadership

MVP: Don’t focus on the M!

Posted on Tue 28 Jul 2020Wed 20 Jan 2021 By Grumpy No Comments on MVP: Don’t focus on the M!
MVP: Don’t focus on the M!

Just make sure it’s actually viable!

Agility, Leadership

Fail fast

Posted on Mon 27 Jul 2020Wed 20 Jan 2021 By Grumpy No Comments on Fail fast
Fail fast

… and fail small.

No, I’m not a big proponent of the “Fail Fast, Fail Often” mantra. I’d prefer to succeed. Fast and often. But failure is a reality, and how we manage it is critical.

Small projects fail in small ways

…and can usually be rescued.

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Agility, Leadership

Why Agile doesn’t work

Posted on Wed 17 Jun 2020Wed 20 Jan 2021 By Grumpy No Comments on Why Agile doesn’t work
Why Agile doesn’t work

(Spoiler: it does)

Agility, Leadership

But what IS a good culture?

Posted on Wed 17 Jun 2020Tue 16 Mar 2021 By Grumpy 2 Comments on But what IS a good culture?
But what IS a good culture?

How do you define a positive, successful culture?

Agility, Leadership

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