The Gartner PPM & IT Governance Summit is taking place this week. It will be my fourth year attending the summit and each year I’m reminded of how confusing portfolio management can be — especially to agilists. Sadly, this confusion…
Humans typically crawl before we learn to walk, and walk before we learn to run. But sometimes what we call running is really more like a walk, and sometimes when we’re in a real hurry we’ve been known to skip…
In my previous post on the first three Agile transformation failure modes, I focused on the LEADERSHIP aspects of failure: lack of real executive sponsorship, failure to transform leader behaviors, and refusal to change organizational structures. These next three fail modes…
The year? 2015. The setting? An Agile transformation near you. The problem? You’ve hit a wall. Despite all your best intentions, you’re still not getting those promised benefits of Agile: speed, quality, value, sustainable growth across your organization. And your…
As part of our recently announced partnership with Code for America, Rallyers took a leadership role in supporting the annual CodeAcross event here in Boulder, where Rally is headquartered. On a recent snowy Saturday, Code for Boulder—the local all-volunteer Brigade—hosted…
With the constant pressure in the non-profit sector to do more and create more impact, while at the same time continuing to be good steward of resources, it’s become imperative that nonprofits develop a business sense that isn’t typically associated…
On the Rally Flowdock team, everyone does customer support. We don’t have dedicated support people. The people who respond to support@flowdock.com are the ones who develop, market and lead Flowdock. This is surprising for many. We often receive requests to “pass this message on…
Next Tuesday, February 10, our TeamStart webinar series will answer your questions about "Writing Great User Stories." Whether you’re just getting started with Agile or consider yourself an expert, join us to get and give some good Q+A. We’re going…
Have you been in a meeting lately where people were focused on their laptops, interrupting each other, distracted, or otherwise behaving badly? In Jean Tabaka’s “Leading Collaborative Meetings” class, Jean talks about the importance of working agreements to create the…
Everyone knows you need more than a whiteboard and stickies to practice Agile at scale. But the tool you use isn’t the only thing that matters: as Dean has said, “A fool with a tool is still a fool.” The…