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Synchronized Sprint Cadence: Thoughtful Decision or Cargo Cult?

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Participate in LinkedIn Discussion What is Cargo Cult? It is a term used to describe certain religious movements that emerged primarily in Melanesia, particularly during and after World War II. These movements arose when indigenous populations, observing the influx of material goods (“cargo”) brought by Westerners, believed that these goods were of divine origin. In … Read more

(UN)FITNESS PARADOX: Why Scrum and LeSS May Not Fit Your Organization?

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Join LinkedIn Discussion Since the early 19th century, people have been using an idiomatic expression: “you can’t fit a square peg in a round hole“. What it means, essentially and metaphorically, is that something or someone is a misfit in a particular environment, situation, or role. For example, if a person describes himself as a … Read more

Dhaval Panchal & Gene Gendel AM Coffee Chat: Plan- vs. Results-Driven Orgs

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Dhaval Panchal of Evolve Agility and Gene G. of KSTS Consulting talked about plan vs. results-driven companies, in their morning coffee chat. What plan-driven companies pay most attention to? Speed of delivery. Efficiency/productivity of workers. High outputs. What results-driven companies pay most attention to? Adaptiveness. Agility. Short feedback loops. Business outcomes. What organizational structures usually … Read more

Bringing It All Together: Developers “Shape” (I,T,M), DSEM and FTAM

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There are lot of discussions about capabilities (technical, business domain) and maturities of developers and entire teams that gets circulated today. Sometimes, information is too confusing and terminology gets mixed up.  This summary is an attempt to pull together a few very important concepts and make them easy for everyone to follow. Feature Team Adoption … Read more

Practice What You Preach – Coach & Trainer Wants to Play Product/Manager Owner Role

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LinkedIn Post I have spent more than 20 years of my career training and coaching agile, Scrum and Large Scale Scrum (LeSS), to hundreds of teams and thousands of team members.  I have upskilled hundreds Scrum Masters and Product Owners.  Many of my students were also certified by me. Many senior executives have received my … Read more