BusinessAnalystWorld Symposium put on a great conference in Denver. Slides to my presentation Agile Thoughts – Exploring the Philosophy and Mechanics that Make Agile Work can be downloaded from this post.
Agile Aligned Organization
What should an agile organization look like?
Learn from Successes and Failures
Brad Feld has a great post up today titled "What do you Suck At? I love the exercise he describes that asks participants to talk about what they suck at. I was recently listening to a podcast from the Standford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar by Tina Seeling. She has an assignment in one of her …
People Laws (part 2) 7th, 8th, and 9th Laws
This post continues the Laws of Development Physics as related to people elements that impact development.
People Laws (part 1) 6th Law = Optimize the System
"...when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely in thought advanced to the stage of science, whatever the matter may be." - Lord Kelvin “There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that …
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5th Law = Variability Costs
To follow up on the fourth law, I add as reinforcement the fifth law of agile physics: If you cannot pay for variability reduction, you will pay in one or more of the following ways: Long iteration times and high story points in progress Wasted capacity or need for more resources Slower burn down rates …
Are you a Resultant?
I was reading through some old notes this evening and ran across this idea: Consultant: - Delivers Reports - Retains skill Resultant: - Delivers Results - Transfers Skills While I don't think I want to be called a "Resultant," I like how simply this places a focus on generating valued results and outputs. It also reminds …
Agile on a Single Page
One page summaries of the values of agile software development.
4th Law = Eliminate Variability
Variability is the root of all evil in development and must be eliminated.
Measure Outputs for Success
If you want to ensure success, forget input measures and focus on measuring outputs. Track deliverables completed. Measure quality. Track burn down. Ensure risks are being mitigated. Measure tangible impacts to ensure value is being delivered. Measure customer and stakeholder confidence and user satisfaction.
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