While agile methods are already being deployed in product development, the majority of
mid-sized and large companies still use the traditional waterfall model in the development of
their business operations.
Lies, Damned Lies, Business Cases
The value of ideas and innovations is often side railed, since the management makes decisions based on the great presentations and a business cases built on wild assumptions and wishful thinking.
Retrospectives Are Vital to Product Development Teams – Are Boozy Staff Development Days Good Enough for Others?
Agile product development teams typically hold a retrospective a couple of times a month, looking at ways to improve their practices. This practice is one of the foundations of agile product development and aims to improve team performance.
Personal Work Management as a Tool for Making Organizations More Efficient
People can be incredibly bad at managing their workload and priorities. I have all too infrequently come across people who always have openings in their calendar, who get things done on time, and who, in addition, are still up-to-date on what the others are doing. Such people, however, are the truly efficient ones.
A Truly Agile Organization
An agile organization is the target state of many companies today. What does it really mean and how can organizational agility be achieved?