CHOW # 303 Growing pains in a Scrum team
You are the new coach assigned to a software team in a multinational financial company. The team has three senior members who have more than five years experience and four members with less than 2 years of experience. The Scrum Master (SM), Marina, is a strong technical person with 8+ years experience in the organization […]
An apt approach for the Scrum Master
The Scrum Master (SM) has to ensure that the Team meets the delivery commitments on a sustained basis. For that the SM has to enable the team members to focus and perform. SM has to do this as a facilitative leader and not as a traditional directive leader. This is a challenging scenario for a […]
CHOW #277: How will my manager review my performance in an Agile team?
You are the Agile coach in an organization that has embarked in its journey to adopt Agile. You have completed the initial assessment, done tailored training sessions for the teams and started coaching the leaders and teams. The Scrum teams are formed by drawing members from various domains to make it cross functional and a […]
Chow # 265 – Which functional organization should a Product Owner be from?
Commutronix is a highly watched startup, starting to disrupt the electric vehicle technology space. Commutronix does not manufacture vehicles. Rather they almost dominate the EV space by providing core technologies to OEMs and almost all EV manufacturers have incorporated their solutions into their product lines. As the expectations of long range performance and superfast charging […]
CHOW#244 – Fixing the problem
Bob is a manager in an IT product company. His team is responsible for the support and maintenance of a product. His team has started on the agile transformation journey six weeks back and is slowly getting used to the new practices. One of their customers asked for some customizations; the first set of which […]
Making Programs Successful
We have been discussing factors that are critical to success in delivery. In my first blog in this series, “Project without a Deadline does not complete”; we looked at the importance of starting a project with a deadline in mind. The second blog, “Making Deadlines Effective” described how leaders need to navigate to ensure that […]
Making Deadlines Effective
In my previous blog, “Project without a Deadline does not complete”; we looked at the importance of starting a project with an end date in mind. In this blog, we are going to explore this subject of deadlines further and see how to make the deadlines effective. A deadline is a double-edged sword. It can […]
Is vertical slice of cake really better than horizontal mix of ramen in Agile Data?
I have coached many agile teams and my goal has been to help them towards high performing teams. I see the following main markers for high performance around teamwork, continuous value delivery of product(s) and relentless focus on improvement. In the presence of multiple metrics, organizational structure and KPIs/OKRs, if the foundation element of the […]
Rise, fall and rise again
Our choir in school was a group of about 55 girls at any time, organized so singers of similar voices were grouped together to create blended harmonious music. The music conductor was our music teacher who also played the piano, our guiding instrument. We regularly performed at school programs and several competitions. Practice sessions were […]
4 Focus areas for Delivery Leaders in Achieving Business Agility
After a few years of practicing agile, one the most talked about Next Gen Agile Transformation is Business Agility. In this blog, I want to talk about the changes in expectations from delivery managers to move towards capability leaders. Benefits of moving to a Business Agility driven Org Model Why go through this change? One […]
