In every State of Agile survey for the past several years leadership and cultural challenges have emerged as the most significant blockers to agile ways of working. I recently published a blog where I’ve pulled together some practices for leaders to consider and begin…
https://digital.ai/resources/blog/the-next-big-thing-in-agile I just finished up some thoughts on “the next big thing” as it relates to agile progression. What do you think? Agree or Disagree? Do you see anything on the horizon that I missed?
https://digital.ai/resources/blog/accelerate-your-digital-transformation The opportunity is now Digital.ai recently published the 14th State of Agile survey. Prior to that they released a “mini” survey to see how the global COVID-19 pandemic had changed the agile landscape. Initial review shows a strong demand for agile and digital transformation….
Interesting article about agile sweatshops (Thanks Rohan for sharing it with me!). You see these type of cultures more often than I’d like…and I agree business agility might be part of the cure! https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2019/08/18/another-form-of-fake-agile-the-agile-sweatshop/#1c17dd4d4cd7
So you’re managing a corner of a company and the word has come down that your group is going to transition to agile. You’ve got to figure out some way to retool your existing team into a purpose driven unit that can bring value…
One of the things I love most about my job as an agile transformation change agent is facilitating SAFe Program Increment planning with an interdependent group of teams. I think one of the reasons I like this so much is that in my many…