While introducing the basics of Kanban to people, it raises many difficult questions on top level (leadership and management). As Kanban is less dictatorial than Scrum, the type of questions that rises are difficult to answer and one has to trace the questions back to the principles of Kanban. One of the common arguments against…
It is not uncommon in a Scrum Master training classes to encounter questions such as “Is being a Scrum Master a full time role?”, or “How much time does a Scum Master contribute towards his role?”, or “Can a person from the development team multitask as a Scrum Master?” New Scrum Masters might be apprehensive…
Selling Scrum to the top management is a tough job. Although Scrum is an increasingly popular Agile methodology, it is hard to sell as change is mainly about people and how they cope with it. Managers might defend the present system by saying that its already working fine so why ask for change. However, they…
Unlike a large amount of certifications such as ITIL certification, Prince2 certification and PMP certification, which are used for successful implementation of Best Practices or procedures for ensuring perfect design or output of a product or service, Scrum training also emphasizes on the satisfaction of employees and reduction in Technical Debt. Technical debt is considered as a difficult challenge…
One of the main advantages which a SCRUM project has over other certified ones is such that its most important principle stresses on developing the functionality of the highest preferred service or product first. In this case, less important features could be developed in alternative sprints or they can be either retired or pushed into…
A change in outlook is required in Agile methodologies as compared to other traditional approaches. The fundamental focus in Agile is to achieve maximum business value as compared to the scope in Waterfall methods. In Agile, quality and constraints can be changed to realize the main objective of accomplishing maximum business value while in Waterfall,…
Introducing the known requirements to the feasibility team: If you’re working on an agile project, one with volatile requirements or a tight deadline, you won’t have deep requirements when you begin the Feasibility phase. A request or idea has been approved for a feasibility investigation, and no one has documented detailed requirements to this point.…
Consulting as a function revolves around projects. Consultants work on a variety of projects – sometimes even concurrently. In addition, they invariably have to deliver very high quality deliverables in tight deadlines. When such consulting assignments are not managed well, they invariably results in late nights for consultants, giving rise to numerous stories about how…
Preparing and maintaining the product backlog can be a very productive habit while getting engrossed during an agile project. In an agile setting, whatever the development team was working on each sprint draws the attention of the weekly and daily focus and quickly becomes integrated. Recognize that requirements charge up forecasting in agile In agile,…
Whatever happened to synergy? For quite a while in the 90s and early 2000s, synergy was the buzzword for the paradigm shifts that restructured the leadership landscape. When the dust settled and the hype dissipated, higher degrees of process integration and cross-functionality remained. These two synergistic elements continue to improve organizational profitability and efficiency. However,…
