Ferris – The Coaching Assistant
Ferris is our platform that aims to assist in augmenting: The collaboration between a coach and a protege The visibility of the coaching plan. Coach The coach is an abstraction in the Ferris platform. The coach can be a doctor, an executive, a fund manager, or a programmer. I use Ferry as a metaphor. The […]
Agile Metrics- an Oxymoron?
One of the most frequently asked questions is ‘what are the right metrics for an Agile project?’ My response usually is something like this:Borrowing from a popular quote from George Box, the famous statistician, ‘All models are wrong. But,some are more useful’, I would say that all metrics are wrong, but some are useful! Like […]
CHOW #77- Help Sundar convey the importance of Agile Metrics
Babu appeared irritated. He was the project manager in a large Systems Integrator, who had successfully grown a newrelationship – that started as a 4 person project, to a 50 person team. His approach had been to work closely with his customers, anticipate their needs and propose solutionsproactively. Adopting Agile approaches helped him and his […]
CHOW #65– Collaboration across teams – making SoS effective
Sunita looked anxious when she met me a couple of months ago. She has been a successful Scrum Master and enjoyed her work. Her team respected her and held her in high regard. She also had a good working relationship with the Product Management team and the functional managers of team members. Team members were […]
CHOW #1– How to choose success criteria for a project?
You are the Project Manager for developing a new web-based application for a customer that will replace a series of linked Excel spreadsheets. Senior managers in the customer organization are keen on having this done as they are frustrated by issues arising from lack of data integrity and lack of transparency of information (due to […]
Why is Agile so obsessed with time when many things are flexible and negotiable with the Product Owner?
One of the key values of Agile approaches is to deliver value incrementally and continually. While the value delivered has to be incrementally usable, it is also equally important to be making releases at a regular pace. Sprints create incrementally usable versions of the solution, the releases ensure that the functionality is usable from the […]
Is the time for the daily stand up flexible?
The time at which the standup meeting is scheduled is flexible. But, changing it on a daily basis is not. Choose the most convenient time for all team members to join the meeting. When some members are not co-located, there might be time zone constraints. The preference is to have this meeting as the first […]
