Agile

Challenges with Agile Training: Examples, Reasons, Consequences

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Virtual networks of professional agile coaches and trainers is good place to pick up some most thoughtful and provocative agile discussions.  The most reputable networks that I know of, and happen to belong to, are the communities of: Certified Enterprise Coaches and Certified Scrum Trainers (both, from Scrum Alliance), and Candidate Large Scale Scrum Trainers … Read more

The “R” part of HR

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Frequently, HR topics find their way into Agile Communities and almost always become heated discussions. Recently,  and again, one of such topics was raised in the global community of Coaches and Trainers. Truth be told, HR norms and policies are a direct reflection of organizational culture (also, corollary to structure) and very much define human … Read more

2017 Business Agility Conference – NYC

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On 23-24th of February, there was the first ever 2017 – Business Agility Conference, held in NYC.  The event could be best described as “…2 days of authentic short stories and facilitated deep dives on business agility; focus on organizational design, market disruption and product innovation, agile outside IT and next-generation leadership…” (quoted from https://businessagility2017.com/) The uniqueness of this event was due its demographics, and in particular: due … Read more

Product Development Types: What Challenges to Expect in Each Case?

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Not all types of product development are the same.  The most three distinct types are: Internal Product development, where Users/Customers are internal Product Owner is internal, playing the role of a conduit between Users and Technology Dev/Technology/IT is internal, mainly dealing with Product Owner (and her team) Outsourced Product (“Project”) development, where Users/Customers are internal … Read more

Agile Flyer – 01-08-2017

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  Kicking off 2017…. Non-IT Kanban Implementation at Scale /re-circulating my older post/ A few days ago, I went to the happy hour of a local staffing firm that specializes in placing Agile technical and leading resources. They had moved in to their new office and were treating (I’ve known these guys for a number … Read more

Agile Role: Product Manager

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Note: if you are interested in this role, please reach out directly by using the form at the bottom of this page. I will put you in direct touch with the hiring entity. I dont’ play the role of a middle-man. A talented Product Manager is wanted – to join the Product team. In this … Read more

Dec 19-21, 2016. LeSS in New York: CLP Class & Meetup

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December 19-21. This week, there was a mind-blowing 3-day experience of system thinking and organizational design modeling with Craig Larman.  Having been at wide array of Craig’s training and public presentations in the past, I was still overwhelmed with volume of education that this class offered.  One of the main distinctions ( imo – improvements) of … Read more

Agile Coach/Scrum Master & Technical Coach Role

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Role Requirement (Example)   Coaching A proven track record of playing the role in simple (single autonomous team) and complex (multiple, interacting teams) organizational settings Being a teacher, coach and ambassador of Scrum and Agile, promoting and supporting proper norms, values and principles Ability to deliver effective service to: team(s), Product Owner, organization and development … Read more