by Shiv Sivakumar | Jul 7, 2019 | Agile
Often times, Development teams (DT’s) in Scrum need the services of “specialists”, say, in areas where parts of the product being built is to be mobile-enabled or where there is need for data sciences expertise needed to forecast end-user behaviour. These specialists...
by Shiv Sivakumar | May 26, 2019 | Chow
Project Manager Chuck has just formed a new Agile team to develop a new generation diagnostics software for diesel engines based on real-time big data coming from field installations across the country – a mission-critical and technologically challenging work....
by Shiv Sivakumar | Feb 11, 2019 | Agile, Chow
In PM Power’s Enterprise Agile Transformation practice, customers – either starting on Agile adoption or reviewing their current state – often ask us questions like the ones below. What would be your answers for them? You can answer as many as you like –...
by Shiv Sivakumar | Feb 11, 2019 | Agile
Does Agile work for implementations of packages such as SAP, Oracle and others? This question has been asked many times in the light of some spectacular implementation failures – failures of such magnitude that organizations have gone bankrupt. The question is whether...
by Shiv Sivakumar | Oct 1, 2018 | Chow
Gwen Thomas is an external Agile coach hired by a leading financial institution, a household name in the UK and Europe. She has been coaching several teams in the organization for a couple of years now. The past two years had been hectic for the teams in addressing...
by Shiv Sivakumar | Oct 1, 2018 | Agile
You would all agree that Scrum Masters (SMs), especially the great ones, are so essential for teams and organizations to realize the full potential of Agile adoption. But, many organizations in India (and may be all over the world) are facing significant challenges in...
by Shiv Sivakumar | May 28, 2018 | Chow
Many years ago, I attended an Agile workshop conducted by a leading guru in a plush hotel. Everyone would get a valuable piece of paper at the end of two days proclaiming mastery to the world at large. I thought that kind of spirit was great – uplifting the masses,...
by Shiv Sivakumar | May 14, 2018 | Agile
In part 1, we covered the concept of the Scrum Master Navigator. Essentially, the idea is that Scrum Masters (SM’s) should take charge of their self-development as part of their overall career development. Scrum Master Development Navigator is an approach developed by...
by Shiv Sivakumar | May 7, 2018 | Chow
Geetanjali Chatterjee (Geeta) is the Scrum Master (SM) in a project to develop the next generation of a product called ProClaims. ProClaims supported her organization’s operation as a cloud-based health-care solutions provider for small-medium clinics,...
by Shiv Sivakumar | May 7, 2018 | Agile
Career progression for Scrum Masters is often a topic of much discussion. Scrum Masters(SMs) can rightfully expect their organization to pay heed to it, articulate it and be supportive. However, we would say that one’s career is so precious that one should own...
