About the Author Rajaraman Raghuraman has nearly 8 years of experience in the Information Technology industry focusing on Product Development, R&D, Test Data Management and Automation Testing. He has architected a TDM product from scratch and currently leads the TDM…
I am happy to share that one of my articles Agile Maturity Assessments: Boon or Bane? has been made it to the Top Agile articles list in 2013 on Cutter. Here are the list of top 6 articles: 1.…
Planning Poker is a simple exercise that delivers outstanding results when performed well. It can quickly lead the team to a shared understanding of the work and an accurate estimate of the size of the work. However I often see…
What happens when we apply kanban across the full value chain? What if you are a traditional company, how far can you improve before organizational structures becomes your key constraint? Can you make great products in a multi team scenario…
Project Retrospectives tend to be high stakes, emotionally charged, cross teams events, with managers in attendance. This all adds up to an environment that is not ‘Safe to Fail’ as you would expect in a typical Sprint Retrospective. While my Top Tips…
A.k.a. How separating implementation from outcome can lead to better resultsFlexible Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters and Change Agents have a greater impact. Flexibility in how their goals are achieved; allows them to deliver more changes and more effective changes. Overall this…
A.k.a. Story Points allow us to separate Estimation from CommitmentI have known (through experience) for a long time that Story Points are a great way for teams to estimate their work. However it has taken me a long time to come…
I am ...a teacher - providing people with new knowledge.a trainer - running people through exercises and giving them feedback, so they can improve their skills.a networker - connecting people so that they can help each other.a mentor - encouraging…
Is your code base as messy as this kitchen? If it is, I am sure it will be slowing you down. Working on technical debt ridden code is very hard to do in an agile way. This is because the debt:…
“The agile manager’s scariest move; handing over responsibility”Once we* had our Delivery Teams regularly delivering increments of valuable working software; the management team made the tough call of pushing the responsibility for co-ordination of releases to the Delivery Teams. This…