RIM (Blackberry) – Another Agile Adopter Sinking Fast

While many took exception to my last article on the demise of Nokia, I will continue to raise the question on the relationship between Agile software/product development promises and the real world results of companies championing Agile values and methods. RIM is the latest example in what is surely not the last of a company that Continue

Nokia Demise: Chapter Two – Agile Debate

My last blog article incited a riot among the Scrum purists.. Well, maybe not a riot, but it certainly invoked emotions and passions which I love… but what I don’t love is how the Scrum faithful are increasingly resistant to critical thought and debate… so let me attempt to clarify my motives and objective in writing Continue

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

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