The fine folks over at Forrester know a good trend when they see one, and CIO Magazine, not to be left out of the party is using Forrester’s latest report on Agile adoption to publish their own commentary (Agile Goes Mainstream) on why this is such wonderful news. With Forrester and CIO Magazine essentially declaring Continue
Scrum Is NOT the Point
Are you a Scrum-Bot? What’s that you ask? You know, Scrum-Bot… the people we program with Scrum, wind-up, put in a box-about the size of two weeks, and watch as they work furiously to complete the tasks that have been assigned inside the box, only to be asked to do it all over again in Continue
If Agile Teams Self-Manage, Do We Still Need Managers?
As the march towards broad Agile adoption in larger Enterprise companies continues, the implications for changing roles and responsibilities is significant. Companies have spent literally millions of dollars and decades training staff to master the skills and responsibilities of roles like Project Manager and Business Analyst. Scrum, the most widely adopted Agile process framework, suggests Continue
Will Bottom-Up Be the Death of Agile?
As Agile and Scrum have shown accelerated adoption within larger organizations over the last few years, many in the Agile community have already declared victory. Not only are Agile proponents suggesting Agile has “won”, but many are also using the adoption trends as proof that Bottom-Up is the “only right way” to transform an organization Continue
Android GPS and Scrum Tools: Use with Caution
I was like a kid on Christmas morning recently when I learned that Google was releasing a backwards-compatible version of their Android Turn-by-Turn GPS App for the G1. Yeah, I know, my G1 is rather ugly sitting next to an iPhone, but what my G1 lacks in the hip and style department it makes up Continue