When coaching an organization at the beginning of their Agile Transformation, coaches turn their attention to getting the organization to focus on delivering business value. While creating a culture that focuses on delivering the maximum business value is the ultimate objective, often the organization suffers from a “trust deficiency” between the business and the IT […]
If you support government programs no doubt you have heard of or are in the midst of an agency’s’ Agile transformation. These transformations our brought on for a number reasons. Some may say the number one reason is that it just makes good business sense. Since we all know change is difficult, especially in the […]
As we move into the DevOps world with regards to software development, the concept of a software development project has changed or no longer applies. In the past the traditional approach to delivering a software product, Waterfall Software Develop Life Cycle (SDLC), involved one or more projects that would deliver the software product to the […]
Earlier this summer, I had the opportunity to speak to a group of lawyers regarding Agile Software Development. This was a joint panel discussion with a couple of subject matter experts who were there to discuss the pros of Open Source software. While my performance left much to be desired, the open source subject matter […]
In March of this year in Arizona an Uber semi-autonomous vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian. This was definitely a tragic event. A life was lost in an accident that critics feel could have been avoided. This accident should have been avoided given there was a backup driver in the car. Uber immediately suspended all […]
As more organizations attempt to transform from traditional management practices to more agile, they are confronted with a Chicken and Egg causality dilemma. Chicken: Organizations that choose the “way of the Chicken,” want to select an agile framework and implement it in their organization. The majority of organizations attempt to take an agile framework/methodology such […]
As a project management consultant I sometimes get frustrated, even angry when a client quickly asks, “Can you give me a template for that?” My frustration stems from my gut feeling that my client only wants the template to hasten the completion of their task without really understanding the reasoning for the artifact the […]