by Paramu Kurumathur | May 8, 2020 | Chow
Here is a fable. The challenge is to figure out what Agile value or principle (the words ‘value’ and ‘principle’ is used in its general sense) is taught in this fable. There was once a king of a small kingdom. The kingdom had lived in peace for a long time. The king...
by Paramu Kurumathur | May 7, 2020 | Agile, Coaching
Agile has caught the fancy of the world. It is now a force to reckon with in our rapidly changing business world. Development practices based on Agile have become the first choice of project managers and leaders across thousands of organisations worldwide. Time and...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Mar 24, 2020 | Agile
[Please read PM Power’s Enterprise Agile Transformation Manifesto, Mindfulness for Agile Culture and Mindset – Extract from our upcoming book and Myths to sustain self-organisation in large organisations – An extract from the upcoming PM Power...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Nov 29, 2019 | Chow
There is a story, most probably apocryphal, about a famous research institution in Yorktown Heights, New York, USA. One of the labs in the institution was headed by a manager who was not a scientist himself. All the scientists in the lab working under his direction,...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Nov 29, 2019 | Agile
[Please read PM Power’s Enterprise Agile Transformation Manifesto, Mindfulness for Agile Culture and Mindset – Extract from our upcoming book and Myths to sustain self-organisation in large organisations – An extract from the upcoming PM Power book on Organisational...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Jun 27, 2019 | Chow
“One of the key things we did to encourage self-organisation in our teams was re-distribution of responsibility among the people. Especially from managers to the team members. Our workers need to be empowered for them to feel that they can own their work and be...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Jun 27, 2019 | Agile
[Please read PM Power’s Enterprise Agile Transformation Manifesto and Mindfulness for Agile Culture and Mindset – Extract from our upcoming book to fully understand the context of this blog post.] One week had passed since Vishnusharman had been engaged by Pataliputra...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Jan 31, 2019 | Chow
“Yes. Individual discipline is a key component of an Agile organisation. I will tell you why…” Why and how is individual discipline a key component of an Agile organisation? Can you discuss this in terms of the Agile principles of Individuals and Interactions...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Jan 31, 2019 | Agile
This blog post is an extract from our upcoming book on organisational agility. The objective of the book is to help leaders, managers and change agents (including internal and external agile coaches) involved in organizational agile transformations and project /...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Sep 4, 2018 | Project Management
We were having our regular Thursday meeting. This meeting provided the platform for each partner or consultant of my organization (PM Power Consulting Pvt. Ltd. aka PM Power) to update the others on their status and plans. Three of our partners had been busy over the...
