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Agile Coaching Code of Ethics – Release 1.0 Has Been Released

If you have not gathered, I am passionately invested in a code of ethics for Agile Coaches.  A CoE is important for a wide range of reasons, but most importantly... Read More

Our Stories Aren’t Getting Done!

One of the topics suggested by the audience was addressing the problem of stories not completing during a sprint during a panel discussion in which I participated. The majority of... Read More

Agile Coaching Code of Ethics – Systemic Impacts

An Agile Coach’s Code of Ethics (ACCoE) will have a broad set of implications  Some of those implications will deliver tactical impact while others will have a more systemic effect.... Read More

Agile Coaching Code of Ethics – Tactical Impacts

An Agile Coaching Code of Ethics  (ACCoE) must solve or deter a problem that can occur during a coaching relationship. Even when a coaching gig is strictly transactional, the relationship... Read More

Why A Code Of Ethics

Agile is practiced in nearly every culture. Each culture has its own definition of duty and of right and wrong. Coaches help to establish and address the client’s needs by... Read More

Legitimacy and Agile Transformations

One of the classic change anti-patterns from time immemorial is the pronouncement from on high that “we are going to be  _____” — you fill in the blank. I have... Read More

Tom Cagley & Associates Notes and Announcements For October 2020

We should be sharpening the saw! I thought I would start this month by sharing the books and podcasts that I am currently consuming. What I am reading and listening... Read More

People Are Our Greatest Assets: A Tame Rant In Two Flavors

A few weeks ago long before the sun came up this morning I heard three phrases uttered by the same person in a five-minute block of time. I added my... Read More

Re-read Saturday, Tame you Work Flow Week 15: Chapter 16 – Introduction to Execution Management Signals

This chapter spends time describing and using Critical-Chain Project Management (CCPM) as a tool generating signals that help organizations control the flow of work in real-time and with a forward... Read More

Back To Basics: Managers and Daily Scrum Meetings

One of the most common antipatterns in Daily Scrums/Stand-up Meetings is the involvement of the active managers. Note: for the sake of brevity I will use the term “Daily” instead... Read More