Nokia Demise: More Proof that Agile and Scrum Are Merely Tools, NOT Solutions

Yesterday’s dramatic announcement (link at Engadget) of layoffs and R&D cutbacks by Nokia (which has been leaking out for months) should be a sobering reality check for Agile and Scrum advocates who have exploited Agile mythology by packaging Scrum and Agile into lucrative “solutions” that can be easily purchased for those willing to whip out Continue

Metrics That Encourage Agile Teams to Collaborate

We’ve all experienced it at one time in our lives or another, you “think” you’re working on a team for the collective good BUT someone is constantly demonstrating destructive, self-serving behaviors. These individuals’ behaviors put the team’s collaboration at risk all in the vein to make themselves look smarter or more-hard working than their counterparts. Continue

Enterprise IT: Moving from Back Office to Storefront

Enabling Commercial Success of Internal Software Investments With Agile providing better and faster ways to align and deploy new software functionality to customers there is a growing reality that Enterprise IT teams are now effectively in the product and software development business. This transition from inwardly focused IT to an outward, marketing oriented mindset is Continue

Agile and Lean: One Fruit or Two?

As we work with clients who are moving up the Agile maturity curve there is increasing interest in the subject of Lean management frameworks for complementing Agile practices. Because the two value systems and supporting management techniques share so much in common, it’s often helpful to compare and contrast the two in order to better Continue