Leading Agile

APRIL 7, 2023

As a community, we have developed a handful of team-based Agile approaches over the years; some of which we would consider scaled. Implementing Agile, especially in larger, more complex organizations, still seems to be a black art. All the things we consider hallmarks of a small team, Agile methodology. But here we are.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 2, 2023

When people say they have a culture problem that’s preventing them from sustaining change in an Agile Transformation, what they’re really saying is that they have a cognitive dissonance problem. You have an inability to help people see how Agile is going to improve the organization. And we want people to think in small batches.

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Analysts Corner

APRIL 10, 2024

Frameworks like Dual Track Agile from Marty Cagan’s book “Inspired” influenced organizations to split their efforts into product discovery and delivery. Dual Track Agile The main shift on the premise of product delivery, compared to traditional requirements engineering, is that teams have to discover what the user’s problems are.

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Vitality Chicago

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The sad reality is that though well-intentioned, most agile transformations fail. To be clear, agile transformation success is different than agile project success. Success rates for agile tend to be significantly higher than those for traditional approaches, and there are plenty of data points to support that.

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Vitality Chicago

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

BLUF: This post outlines 10 Ways You Can Help Your Agile Initiative Succeed whether that is adopting Kanban or Scrum or taking on an enterprise agile transformation. . I recently wrote a post about the 10 ways that Agile Transformations will fail. It may actually be best to avoid calling your initiative an agile transformation.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities on Lean-Agile best practices, Dean Leffingwell took it on himself to do something about it. He introduced the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). SAFe is based on following 10 Lean-Agile principles-. Most Common Reasons to Use Scaled Agile Framework. What is SAFe?

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Vitality Chicago

AUGUST 31, 2022

Agile ways of working have become extremely popular since 2001 when the Manifesto for Agile Software Development was published. But does agile work in all contexts? Deciding When to Choose Agile over Traditional Approaches. You can read my review of Harbott’s book here.] Context Counts!

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Agile Velocity

MAY 14, 2020

Did you know you can maximize your chances of achieving desired business outcomes by combining DevOps with an Agile transformation? When you hear “Business Outcomes,” “DevOps,” and/or Agile transformation” – what comes to mind? Agile Transformation. Agile transformations and DevOps initiatives are complementary.

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Vitality Chicago

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

I am excited to share with you my discussion with agility and resilience coach Anjali Leon. This is our first agile coach interview in what I plan as a series of discussions intended to bring some diversity of thinking and opinions and to amplify voices that may not otherwise be heard. I am calling it Fresh Agile Voices or FAVs!

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Cprime

APRIL 12, 2022

The concept of “scaling” within the world of Agile development is something that is often confusing because there is no single “book of knowledge” that provides a formal definition. Scaling agility follows a similar thought pattern. Here are a few ideas that I can offer you for your consideration when scaling Agile teams.

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Managed Agile

MARCH 31, 2020

Have you thought about how Agile and the current coronavirus crisis are related? I think that there is a lot we can learn from applying an agile approach to the coronavirus crisis. The project management profession has been going through very profound and significant changes as a result of the influence of Agile.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

Whenever you are faced with an agile, dynamic environment—be it that your product is young and is experiencing significant change or that the market is dynamic with new competitors or technologies introducing change, you should work with a goal-oriented product roadmap, sometimes also referred to as theme-based. 1 Focus on Goals and Benefits.

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The BAWorld

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Agile is one such discipline that keeps evolving at a reasonable pace and hence agile practitioners must always be on their toes to be relevant and perform their role effectively. Agile blogs act as a valuable source of the latest and most up-to-date information on various subject areas from experienced professionals.

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Insight Software

JANUARY 24, 2024

In addition, external market factors require that your planning process not only be able to address your current goals but also be agile enough to quickly respond to industry innovations, economic shifts, and more. Often, the time-consuming nature of traditional planning processes precludes the adoption of agile planning practices.

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Analysts Corner

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Requirements elicitation : we will learn how the use cases are still relevant in the age of agile, the importance of requirements traceability, and best practices in requirements analysis. Use cases have fallen out of fashion in recent years, being largely replaced by user stories on agile projects. There, I said it, and I’m not sorry.

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Leading Agile

JULY 19, 2021

We are at the midway point in our Agile Transformation-focused exploration of Stephen R. I’m sure we’ve all said it in business and even relationships, but how does Covey intend it towards being highly effective and what does it mean to an Agile Transformation? With that, let’s now consider Habit 4 – Think Win/Win.

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Think Agile

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Join us to learn how to improve your product agility by defining and refining backlog items that are “ready” to pull into planning and development. I worked in Agile(ish) teams for a few years and became a Product Owner for a Large Financial Institution in 2012. This book gave me almost everything I was looking for! Of course!

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Insight Software

JULY 16, 2021

The results of the FSN’s Agility in Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting (PBF) Survey 2021 analyzes the performance and agility of the PBF processes across over 500 organizations. Here is a snapshot of how agile corporate forecasting is. FSN Global Survey 2021: Agility in Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting.

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Agile Velocity

AUGUST 24, 2020

Focused initiatives and dedicated Teams are created to deliver on key projects… Agile-like. As we move through undoubtedly one of the most unprecedented crisis, how can the practices we learned from the Agile Teams strengthen Southwest’s ability to adapt once again? About David Hawks | Founder and Chief Agilist @ Agile Velocity.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 12, 2021

Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, with regard to effective Agile Transformation. Therein lies the nugget of gold that leads us back to effective Agile Transformation. We’ve talked about how an Agile Transformation is a massive exercise in change management.

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Passionate BA

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Going through the rules, the article emphasizes the pivotal role of ensuring that all parties involved share a common vision and understanding of project goals. Lean UX & Agile: Study Guide by Anna Kaley Credit: NN/g A study guide from NN/g, created in 2022, is now revised! Internal Product Management is Hard. How to Mitigate This?

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Insight Software

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Increase Agility With Financial Reporting Software. Because most ERPs’ native accounting tools lack agility, completing your regular reporting requires manually pulling data from the ERP into static Excel spreadsheets. See how companies are getting live data from their ERP into Excel, and closing their books 4 days faster every month.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The best way to achieve early ROI with Agile is to create a delivery engine where the teams at the execution level are aligned with the business strategy. Or, to learn more about how we think about and approach Agile Transformation, you can download our Agile Transformation white paper here: www.leadingagile.com/whitepaper.

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Insight Software

DECEMBER 3, 2021

FSN’s recent research, “Agility in Financial Reporting and Consolidation,” calls it the Month-End Mountain, reflecting the strenuous climb that finance professionals experience every month just to get on top of their workload. Data errors have the most restrictive impact on the agility of the close process and the Month-End Mountain.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Scrum is a popular agile framework. Some fellow authors include the stakeholders, for instance, Steve Haines in his book The Product Manager’s Desk Reference , whereas others don’t, for example, Marty Cagan in his book Inspired. I believe that the first definition is more helpful, especially in an agile context.

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Insight Software

JULY 31, 2022

Finance teams are striving to achieve agility. Agility Is Key to the Finance Function. As Finance’s role in organizational strategy continues to grow, the need for agility becomes more urgent. Effectiveness and Efficiency Is Growing, But Agility Remains Elusive. Leverage Purpose-Built Tools for Agile Decision Making.

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Think Agile

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Join us to learn how to improve your product agility by defining and refining backlog items that are “ready” to pull into planning and development. I worked in Agile(ish) teams for a few years and became a Product Owner for a Large Financial Institution in 2012. This book gave me almost everything I was looking for! Of course!

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Roman Pichler

MAY 13, 2024

Note that this perspective is in line with an agile development framework like Scrum. 4] I first introduced the elements shown in Figure 2 in my book Strategize , 2 nd ed. [5] The maximum period a product strategy is stable for is a product life cycle stage, as I explain in more detail in my book Strategize.

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Leading Agile

MAY 13, 2022

A major problem in many organizations today is that they are not Agile enough to respond to changing customer and market needs. Leaders in a non-Agile organization typically believe that individuals are the unit of productivity. Leaders in a non-Agile organization often believe they are responsible for their department, not the system.

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IAG Consulting

JUNE 9, 2021

Writers and designers are very familiar with the concept of being faced with a blank page and not knowing where to start and how to get that book or project going. Imagine you have been asked to facilitate a meeting to define the vision for a product or the scope of a project. Business Analysts are no different.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Last but not least, the product team should include a coach who might be an experienced Scrum Master , agile coach, or product coach. The vision describes the ultimate purpose for creating the product and the positive change it should bring about. Let’s take a look at them.

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Training ByteSize

MARCH 11, 2022

In recent years an increasing number of businesses have incorporated Agile methodologies into their project management strategies. As a result, there has been a growing demand within organisations for individuals who boast an Agile Project Management qualification. Benefits of Agile Project Management.

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Marutitech

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Agile is all about continuous improvement, which means that your product backlog is never complete. Agile Product Backlog Grooming, also known as product backlog refinement, is an activity that helps you to improve your product backlog continuously. Product backlog refinement is one of the most critical meetings in an agile project.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

This clip is from Mike’s series on the 6 Key Business Drivers of Agility. Or to learn more about how we think about and approach Agile Transformation, you can download our Agile Transformation white paper here: www.leadingagile.com/whitepaper. They will say things like, “I’m a hint Jeff Sutherland wrote a book.”

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Insight Software

DECEMBER 23, 2021

FSN: Agility in Financial Reporting & Consolidation. In a fast-changing environment in which reporting agility is crucial, 72% finance functions say that their reporting agility is affected or greatly affected by data errors and 60% say that these errors give rise to the risk of material misstatement. Access Resource.

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Analysts Corner

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

. > Keep reading… 4) The Power of Product Vision & Strategy by Kavindi Bogahawatte Have you ever embarked on a journey with absolutely no idea about where you want to go, and no clue how to get there? This is exactly what happens when your product lacks a Product Vision and a Product Strategy. > Think about it.

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Leading Agile

JANUARY 21, 2021

Mike Cottmeyer explores the key attributes in each of the three systems necessary for making a success out of the otherwise complex tax of large scale Agile Transformation. And what we are is we’re a consultancy that’s focused on doing Agile Transformation specifically. Transcript. Like what are the networks of teams?

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