Achieving Systemic Agility – the pinnacle of Agile transformation efforts
We have seen Agile being tried out in many teams across various organizations. Some of the features that we might observe is that they following some of the Scrum ceremonies like daily scrum or retrospective (or) using certain tools like JIRA and Rally. And the saddest part is they might think that they are already […]
Enterprise Agility and Leadership: Transformational Leadership
Abstract A key requirement for Enterprise Agility in an organisation is leadership that fosters and nourishes the right culture and mindset for an agile organisation. The role of leadership in these organisations is selecting the right people and promoting an environment where people can learn from mistakes and improve. Leaders in Agile organisations make teams […]
Eleven Rings for a Scrum Master
When I read the book ‘Eleven Rings: The soul of success’ by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty , the legendary basketball coach, I could relate his 11 tips for leadership as good points for Scrum Masters. With eleven titles to his credit, helping the Chicago Bulls win six times and the LA Lakers win five times, […]
Do you feel psychologically safe at work?
Context Several years ago, I conducted a skip-level exit interview with a software engineer on my team. I did not work directly with this person in the past year, but I had heard good things about him. I was surprised to learn from him that the main reason for his decision to quit was feeling […]
Agile Leadership Tips for Product Owners
While the Agility is visible in the behavior of the team members, it needs to be fostered by the environment in which the teams operate. Unless the team is provided with the right eco-system, agility cannot thrive. While the senior leadership of the organization is responsible for promoting agility, it is the first line of […]
Chow #250 – Parallel tracks in any transformation
Victor seemed to be immersed with some chart on his desk and fully focused on that, when Bardhan walked in. Bardhan saw some parallel arrows drawn on the chart and the axes marked as Value, Maturity on the Y dimension and Cadence of development and releases on the X dimension. Curious, he asked Victor what […]
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 […]
Test automation – mindset or science?
Results from a case study and business outcome from the test automation One of the teams that I have coached had an outstanding journey in the last few years. The salient parts of this product team (Planner) is that they have been consistent in having investment towards regression and functional automation, creating opportunities to increase […]
Speed up software development with Swarming and Fractals
Background A few years ago, my team was working on launching a software product for streaming digital advertisements during the Super Bowl event in the US. The team had performed extensive testing, and all the happy and negative test cases had passed. The software was packaged and shipped to the end customer for the final […]
Covid is Driving Agility – How to Surf the Wave?
In a 2015 TED Talk, Bill Gates mentioned that probably the world is more ready to deal with a nuclear war but not ready to deal with an outbreak of Epidemic. Indeed, but unfortunately, Covid-19 is spreading almost like what Bill Gates predicted. It’s spreading worldwide as rapidly as like a software virus. Though much […]
