Posts filed under: Agile Methods

Measuring success and customer satisfaction in an Agile environment (with a Kanban and Scumban Focus)

Register Now! https://bit.ly/3Uqk7rL On October 11, 2022, 12:00 PM Central Daylight Saving Time (US and Canada) I will be facilitating a panel discussion for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems... Read More

Agile and Lean Basics: Flow

Flow is one of the most used words in agile and lean (and there are a lot of overused words in the field). Even though the word is used by... Read More

Agile Teams In A Waterfall Environment: Reactions

The idea of an agile team toiling away trying to be agile in the face of a waterfall organization evokes a huge amount of passion.  Tony Timbol, called to share... Read More

Does Agile Deliver Value? Yes And You Can Prove it!

I participated in a panel discussion recently that had to wrestle with the question of why companies use agile. There are lots of good reasons, including improving delivery performance, increased... Read More

Too Much Scrum Meeting Time: Summary

Poking at any entrenched framework always elicits a response; almost all of the responses are well thought out and reasonable.  In the past five essays, we have explored two major... Read More

Too Much Meeting Time? Antipatterns Not To Try

In whatever flavor of agile that you are doing, meetings and ceremonies are lightning rods for resistance. In response, numerous approaches for improving the scenario have sprung up. Most of... Read More

What Is In A Word – Overhead

A brief interlude to our focus on meetings in agile frameworks to discuss the use of the word overhead.   Once upon a time, my grandfather wanted me to be an accountant,... Read More

How Much Meeting Time?

If you have ever performed as a Scrum Master or agile coach you have been asked about the overhead in Scrum. Overhead is almost always a codeword for meetings where... Read More