by Santhana Krishnan G | Apr 12, 2023 | Agile, Product Management
Scoping is always an important and challenging activity in software development. Irrespective of whether we are scoping a product’s particular version or project’s specific release, we could use a set of steps to arrive at an MVP, Minimum Viable Product,...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Jun 12, 2022 | Chow
For an adaptive leadership to succeed in a chaordic organization, one of the key factors is mutual trust. Could you please highlight top two things from your list that helps develop trusting culture in an organization? CHOW Solution: There are so many practices to be...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Jun 12, 2022 | Agile, Business Agility
It is not new that developments in one field influences the innovations in another popularly known as ‘The Medici Effect’ (Ref 5) explained by Frans Johansson in his book ‘The Medici Effect: Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection of Ideas,...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Nov 1, 2021 | Agile, Chow
What was your agile transformation experience of reasonably large-sized teams (50+ people)? To be specific, what are your observations of the team’s productivity in shorter-term, say 3 to 4 months? Suggested Solution: For any software development team,...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Nov 1, 2021 | Agile, Business Agility
Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change – Wayne Dyer A few years ago, when I was in a boutique-sized software service providing organization, we received a call from the IT team of an international bank. They had one important...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Mar 26, 2021 | Chow
Do you think tasking would help reduce the creation of knowledge silos? Would it help developers rotate stories/tasks easily? Suggested Solution: Tasking done effectively, would help share the knowledge within the team. I’ve worked with teams that tasked their...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Mar 26, 2021 | Agile, Project Management
All of us would have used sprint burn down charts on our projects. Each one of us will have our opinion on the effectiveness of it. We might also have our own favorite flavors and versions. I’m going to talk about one implementation of Sprint Burn Down Chat...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Nov 8, 2020 | Chow
In a smaller project (small is a subjective term, one may consider what is a small project in their team), would it be better to do a ‘Code Review’ or ‘Pair Programming’ or Both? Suggested Solution: Many times, I’ve been part of...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Nov 8, 2020 | Agile
To ascertain delivery assurance in software projects, it may be useful to ask the following questions: Are we working on the right thing?Are we doing it right? A team and/or an organization that answers these questions convincingly shall feel confident in their...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Mar 9, 2020 | Chow
When we say a Fixed Bid project, what comes to our mind? Are we talking about fixed Scope, Budget and Time? Assuming we are a service provider and all the parameters are fixed for the project, is it possible to do a Release Plan with out losing the spirit of agile?...
