Knowledge Era Paradigms – Fundamental rationale behind Agile
If we observe the practices in the Software industry, we can notice that many of them are strongly influenced by the Industrial era experiences. For example, the hierarchical organization structures, management practices, leadership styles, quality management systems etc. still have the legacy of 300 years of industrial influence which are predominantly derived from the mass-production […]
Be in the Game
Centuries ago, Robert the Bruce was the king of Scotland. England was at war with Scotland to make it a part of England. King Bruce led many battles, six times to be precise, against England and got defeated. Finally, his army got scattered, and the king was forced to hide in the caves. King Bruce was […]
CHOW #207 – The king who did not listen
The Situation Charles Wesley Griffith-Hall was the CEO of the largest financial institution in the world. One day he had gone to the bathroom, and while there, he met the VP of new products and started talking about what innovative ideas were on the horizon. While they were at it, the janitor of who was […]
CHOW #206 – The king who always worked
The situation Vishnusharman said, “Mohammed, remember when we were previously talking about individual goals and team goals, you mentioned how conflicts can arise when a person’s personal, outside of work, goals conflict with team goals? Chitraa and I were just talking about the late-night working of people. Did this create some resentment in people?” “Maybe […]
CHOW #205 – The cat-tying ritual
The situation “Your organisation is using Scrum for software development, right? You must have heard of Scrum ceremonies like the daily scrum or the daily stand-up. Now, the Scrum Guide recommends three questions – what did you accomplish, what will you accomplish and any impediments – to which each person must give their status. However, […]
CHOW #203 – Scrum Team Struggle to get their Increment Done
The Scrum Team that I was coaching, during a time were repeatedly struggling to finish the items that they have taken up for a sprint. They could not meet their sprint goal. They repeatedly failed to create a product increment. This was discussed in the retrospective, and team brought up various blocks and surprises which […]
Chow #200 – An adamant Scrum Master
Jack was the Scrum Master of the squad, ‘The Confident’. He had worked as a developer and designer for many years and grown into a Scrum Master. An expert coder that he was he took on the role of Scrum Master with great confidence. He obviously knew everything the squad was working on and thought […]
CHOW # 195 – Dependencies causing delay
The Scrum Team that I was coaching, was one time struggling to finish the items that they have taken up for a sprint. They could not meet the sprint goal. This was discussed in the retrospective, and team brought up dependencies on another Scrum Team which is causing uncertainty and delay. The two Scrum Teams […]
CHOW #194 – Is experimentation doomed?
Arvind a super Scrum Master has been an ardent proponent of test and experiment. He was the Scrum Master for two teams. Govinda the manager of the two teams had his regular catch up with the teams. He said the current covid environment has made the market uncertain. So he has told the team to […]
Chow #192 – Conflicting Methods
You are coaching John, a Product Owner, in prioritization techniques. The team predominantly works on small enhancements alongside a few major functional epics. Small enhancement features are grouped into a couple of Maintenance epics in the tool. Road-map has been prepared by the program team sharing all the epics to be completed in the next […]
