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How I Manage My Product Development: Ease with Continuous Flow (Day 1)
As with many of you, sometimes my WIP (Work in Progress) is too high. When that occurs, I don't use a backlog or create iterations. Instead, I use continuous flow. That's because working in flow allows...
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How Cycle Time and Cost of Delay Makes Product Development Decisions Easier...
As I said in my Day 1 post, my WIP is too high. Here's where I stand with my WIP: I completed one presentation, so I have 4 remaining I have some feedback on the book that I need to integrate. I want...
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Easier Product Development Decisions and Why Backlogs Might Slow You Down...
I'm halfway through this week of working through my too-high WIP. So far, I exposed my WIP and talked about how I planned to use continuous flow in Part 1. Part 2 was about cycle time and using Cost of...
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Focus on One Internal Deliverable Allows Me to Work Down My WIP (Day 4)
I hate the fact that I let my WIP get this high—and I'm glad I'm working it down. (I wrote why I let my WIP get this high on my other blog in the post, What Would It Take for You to Fail to Success?)...
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How You Can Find More Ease in Your Product Development (Day 5)
I started this series by sharing my status of too much WIP (Work in Progress). My WIP was making me slightly crazed and I explained how I worked to reduce it. In case you're wondering, here's my...
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Three Keys for Successful Agile Coaching: Level, Empathy, and Experience
On the ANE panel last night, an agile coach asked, “What's my path forward as an agile coach? What do I do next?” That's a great question and one each coach might ask, to make sure they continue to add...
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A Short Test to See if Your Job Will Survive AI
Every minute, it seems as if someone is talking about how great ChatGPT is. It's going to revolutionize the world! I agree— I am sure AI will revolutionize the world. At some point. But I think it's...
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Management Agility: Make Change Easy to Learn From, to Change Faster
Brandon, a senior leader, asked, “What is all this hype about agile frameworks and models and practices? Do I really need all that stuff?” I shook my head and grinned. “Nope. Instead, practice this:...
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Effective Agility: Three Suggestions to Change How You and Your Team Work,...
In Effective Agility Requires Cultural Changes: Part 1, I said that real agile approaches require cultural change to focus on flow efficiency, where we focus on watching the work, not the people. Too...
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Effective Agility: Three Ways to Change Your Team’s Project Culture, Part 3
In Effective Agility Requires Cultural Changes: Part 1, I said that real agile approaches require cultural change to focus on flow efficiency, where we watch the flow of the work, not the people doing...
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Unemployed Agilists: How to Show Your Value to Support What Managers Want,...
Every day, I hear more stories of agile coaches or Scrum Masters losing their jobs. Why? Several reasons: No manager cares about “agile” even if they care about agility. So, selling “agile” into the...
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Unemployed Agilists: How to Move from a Staff Role to a Line Job, Part 2
You’re an unemployed agilist. And even if you can find an agile coaching or Scrum Master job, the pay is so terrible, you don’t want to take it. That’s because potential employers think these jobs are...
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Unemployed Agilists: How to Increase Your Value to Get a Great Job, Part 3
If you're an unemployed agilist, you are not alone. There way too many of you. But the causes and solutions might not be clear to you. That's why Part 1 of this series discusses your value and what...
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Unemployed Agilists: Review the Hype Cycle & Your Agility to Help You Manage...
I started this series by discussing why managers didn't perceive the value of agile coaches and Scrum Masters in Part 1, resulting in layoffs.) Then, in Part 2, I asked those unemployed agilists to...
View ArticleFun Discussion with Luke Pivac About Agility and Employment
Luke Pivac, a colleague from New Zealand, interviewed me last week. Here's the video: We discussed several topics: My recent Unemployed Agilists posts. (That link just goes to the first post) My most...
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Video and Slides from Fake Agility Talk Posted
I had a terrific time at the Hands On Agile Community meetup. Stefan Wolpers, the host, posted the video. Also, see the slides on my speakerdeck. Thank you, Stefan, and the entire Hands On Agile...
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Not So Serious Discussion About Project Lifecycles with Agile Uprising Podcast
I was on the Agile Uprising podcast this past Sunday, discussing my most recent book. See (and hear!): Project Lifecycles with Johanna Rothman. I had a great time discussing the issues with Jay and...
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