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Agile Strategy
Agile Strategy
Learn more about what is agile strategy, with topics on strategic planning, scaling agile across the enterprise, and more.
Why You Should Strategically Plan on a Quarterly Basis
Webinar transcript - Watch the webinar: How to Thrive in a Fast-Paced Environment – The Art of Quarterly Strategic Planning…
Seeking Lasting Change? Look Beyond the Technical Practices
As a technical coach, I quite often get asked to up-skill and improve teams’ performance. Often the request takes the…
First Netflix or Bust? “Product” made all the difference
I hesitated as my mouth hung open a bit. A senior leader in a development organization had just asked, “Why…
Build. Learn. Utilize. Empower.
If you’re reading these lines, it’s safe to assume that like the vast majority of software development organizations you are…
Optimize Portfolio Performance with Blue Agility – Simple Agile Techniques and Jira – Part 1
Some organizations spend months or even years attempting to create a workable portfolio management solution – often with little success.…
Stop Estimating #NoEstimates
There’s a movement that’s been growing the last few years. It’s brewing and it’s picking up some steam. Or at…
Atlassian Reporting: Agile Scrum Metrics that Matter
by Bryan McMillan, Agile Coach Agile is a verb not a noun and far too many in IT have attempted…
People Metrics: How Annual Performance Reviews Enable Bad Behaviors
End of the year. Beginning the next. Holidays. New Year resolutions. Spending time with your in-laws. The holiday season can…
Agile Consistency vs Flexibility: Creating a Culture of Change – Webinar
Presentation Synopsis “We need to get everyone on the same page” “We need to be able to talk the same…
What do you mean by “do”?
In every coming-of-age story about a young, hopeful hero, there is a grizzled, wise man who says things about doing…
Agile done, done done, or pivot?
If Agile calls for constant iteration and improvement, how can Agile developers ever be “done” with anything? In our new…
What is the value of coaching? Is it required for an organization to be successful in Agile?
Let us first define and standardize on what coaching is. “Coaching is a form of development in which a person…