Over the past few months, I've read a few books on marketing. But I've also taken a handful of video training courses on marketing and have been listening to some enjoyable podcasts on the subject. Back when I was in…
I will be conducting a Nexus workshop in Boston on November 17-18, with Richard Hundhausen and Rob Maher, based on the Nexus Guide. Of interest to many, SDK, API architectures, and remediation Scrumbles, and DevOps. Many Scrum teams deliver a “done”, potentially shippable increment…
We’ve been seeing quite lot of discussion lately around the nine Lean-Agile Principles that we introduced into SAFe earlier this year. My Agile2015 presentation on the subject has had over 2,000 downloads, and the principles appear to be providing real value to the…
Insurance is great for all sorts of things. I have health insurance in case I become ill or injured. I have auto insurance that will repair or replace my vehicle if it's damaged. It also protects me in case I…
Question: Which of these 7 things are eating your budget? Dependencies that block. Forces beyond your control are wagging your work. Risks that explode. External or internal, visible or not, you didn’t account for these. Unrealistic plans. Your roadmap may…
This is a guest post from John Custy– President of JPC Group and a 35-year veteran of the IT industry. When asked what problem DevOps aims to solve, Service Operations Lead, Patrick Hill, responded, “It’s the problem where no one’s…
What is an A3 An A3 is more than an 11 x 17 inch piece of paper that is structured into several sections and not all A3’s are created equal. An A3 is a structured problem solving and continuous improvement approach, first…
The Agile Enterprise: Experience with Agile on a larger scale This year’s theme of The annual conference of Agile Consortium NL is The Agile Enterprise. The conference takes place on Thursday, November 5th at VX Company in Baarn. The program…
Hello everyone, SAFe Foundations has been the cornerstone PowerPoint presentation for you to introduce the Scaled Agile Framework in your enterprise. Now there is a new, lightweight tool for introducing: (1) the levels, (2) the people, (3) the backlogs, (4)…
We’ve written quite a bit about the conundrum of writing requirements in an agile environement. The most important takeaway is: the best way to kick-off your software projects is to build a shared understanding amongst your team. At Atlassian we find…