SLEEPLESS IN CXO LAND: HOW SMART CXO’S BEAT STRESS WITH STRATEGIC SCRUM

SLEEPLESS IN CXO LAND: HOW SMART CXO’S BEAT STRESS WITH STRATEGIC SCRUM

THE (MIXED) BLESSING OF NEXTGEN REWRITES  About 10 years ago, I experienced the mixed blessing of being part of yet another nextgen rewrite project. I was guiding a team of about 25 really smart team members, part of a much larger team of about 150+ people. Our team...
Agility-As-A-Service: 10 Questions For Choice-Based Agile Enablement

Agility-As-A-Service: 10 Questions For Choice-Based Agile Enablement

IMAGINE Imagine you have just been asked to build an Agility Enablement Organization for your company. Sounds like fun, but there are some constraints you need to work within or around… There are 100+ teams with varying levels of interest in Agile You only have a...
NINE RISKS TO SUSTAINED BUSINESS AGILITY  – AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM WITH AN EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH USING SCRUM!

NINE RISKS TO SUSTAINED BUSINESS AGILITY – AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM WITH AN EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH USING SCRUM!

  As I look back at the different software delivery organizations I travelled with on the path of business agility, I started noticing some patterns in the risks that often slow down or derailed our journeys. Nine key risks stood out in my mind, but I did not...

My Experiments with Entrepreneurship – Chapter 6: Sunrise at Haleaakalā

So how would you pack for a week long trip to Maui in May? Especially if you are not flying South West and don’t want to dip into your (rapidly diminishing) retirement savings? The answer is lightly. That’s what my wife and I tried to remember, as we packed for our...