I've been focused on setting up centers of excellence recently. I will be sharing a series of posts addressing some of the lessons and take aways from that experience in a few upcoming Centers of Excellence posts. The first question many customers ask is why would I want a center of excellence? The best answer …
Becoming Agile Without Help?
I was recently asked how successful can organizations be in transitioning to agile on their own. My immediate response was to evoke the response from a team of panelist. When asked what is the most important thing they did to be successful in their transition, four panelists from across industries and organizational sizes all said essentially, …
Cataloging Scrum Problems to Avoid
At the risk of becoming overly link heavy in recent posts, I want to highlight two sources for trouble-shooting scrum implementations. The first is from Mike Griffiths' Introducing Agile methods to Organizations: Mistakes to Avoid” (part 1, part 2, part 3). These meaty articles share plenty of wisdom. The second is from the ScrumAlliance. They …
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 …
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