‘Three Track’ Lean-Agile Development? Part 4 – Deployment Space
Introduction In the previous three parts of my article (Why do we need a ‘Three Track’ Lean-Agile Product Development?, ‘Three Track’ Lean-Agile Development: Part 2 – Opportunity Space , ‘Three Track Lean-Agile Development: Part 3 – Solution Space‘), I had introduced the concept that a product creation process is all about transformation of Ideas into […]
CHOW #266 – Can you help Aditi to Improve her Team’s Sprint Velocity?
Aditi is a Scrum Master for an Agile Team building a SaaS product which is in the Marketing Technology domain. Aditi just got off a call with her manager and he was asking her about her Team’s Sprint Velocity. He has set her a target of improving the velocity over next 3 months. Aditi was […]
Why do we need a ‘Three Track’ Lean-Agile Product Development – 1?
Introduction Smart Products are exploding with Software content & Consumerization be it in Automotive, Healthcare, Consumer or Industrial domains. Contribution of the software innovation to the overall product is dramatically increasing as opposed to the earlier hardware part of the product. However, at the same time, Product Failure rates are high or there is lower […]
CHOW #238 – Do managers unintentionally try to micromanage the team?
Susan is a Scrum Master of a software product development team. The team was formed six months ago and is new to Agile and Scrum. The team is working hard but not able to deliver as per the expectation of the business. Susan feels that the team members have adequate technical skills, but they lack […]
CHOW #228 – Daily Stand-up over Email
You are coaching a team based in another location. You have made good progress with Kathy (Scrum Master), Mark (Product Owner) and the team MasterMinds. When you interact with the team after the Thanksgiving break, you notice that the team has started doing their daily stand-up over email. You learn that Kathy left on vacation a […]
Tweaks in the traditional approach… Agile
As a coach, I often reflect on how the approaches and the practices have evolved from the traditional to the Agile. I can recollect many instances and moments, when we did things differently, improvised a bit, in the traditional world. These were steps, tips, tricks that improved the effectiveness in the traditional approaches. Over a […]
Pragmatic Approach to Agile Practices
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 progress. “Are we working on the right thing?” might include: Problem Definition […]
