Transitioning Instruction Takers to Decision Makers
Taking over a new team as a scrum master is challenging, especially when the team has earlier worked in command and control mode and is used to taking instructions and working as instructed. Transitioning it to a state where it takes its own decisions and delivers, needs a good effort and systematic approach. This article […]
CHOW
Scenario: You are a new Agile Coach hired by a service company that has been struggling to transition from Waterfall to Agile methodologies. The Delivery Manager, “Waterfall Wix,” has been leading the team using traditional Waterfall practices for over 15 years. Despite training sessions and workshops on Agile, the team is still facing issues with […]
“Waterfall Wix: The Agile Implementation Roadblock”
Introduction: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-pattern): “An anti-pattern in software engineering, project management, and business processes is a common response to a recurring problem that is usually ineffective and risks being highly counterproductive.” Personas are fictional characters representing commonalities of a representative sample of a system. They draw a comprehensive picture of the […]
Navigating Career Paths as a Scrum Master
In recent times, I’ve received numerous inquiries from Scrum Masters about potential career paths. This concern is highly relevant given the current uncertainties surrounding agile roles, with some companies even reducing the number of dedicated agile positions. Many organizations are now prioritizing roles that contribute directly to product development or business operations, moving away from […]
DevOps Primer
Primer giving a quick and condensed view of DevOps Principles, Values, Tools and Practices.
Why only Rugby?
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA Scrum as an Agile approach is now center-stage worldwide, a goliath occupying a staggering 66% of all agile adoptions. The distant second is Scrumban, a mere 9% and the third at 5% tied between Scrum/XP Hybrid and the hugely under-leveraged Kanban. See diagram below. But […]
CHOW #295: Splitting hair over splitting team
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC Priyanka is the coach for a team making firmware and software for ECUs (electronic control units) and app layers above. Due to the number of fragmented technologies in the solution and the workload, the manager Jaspreet Kaur has felt it necessary to form a team […]
CHOW #293: Experimentation and Research Issues
An enterprise exists to deliver value to its stakeholders. Continuous delivery of value to stakeholders is the mantra that industry leaders now chant in their offices all day long. Now, how do they deliver this continuous value? One important aspect of creating better customer outcomes is that allowing associates to experiment and fail. The organisation […]
CHOW #285 – Unwilling developer
Bill is a Product Manager in a large software product firm with their development centre in India. He felt that the developers do not understand the customer’s business context enough. He spoke to Ram, Engineering Head in India, and sought volunteers to join the two-day user group conference in China. To his surprise, Ram came […]
Five steps to bring developers and users closer
I started my career as a software developer a few decades ago as part of an enterprise IT function. I was blessed to work in new development projects using state-of-the-art technologies. While I loved the technology, I also absolutely enjoyed interacting with users. I could visit their offices where they took orders and created invoices; […]
