The Need for Autonomy “In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) that those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” – Charles Darwin The evolutionary pressure in the world has never been more volatile and uncertain. Surviving and thriving requires organisations to respond rapidly, adapt and navigate complex challenges. […]
read moreWhat is a Forcing Function? Forcing Function: In the Agile space, a forcing function is a constraint that causes a change in behaviour as a team adapts to accommodate the constraint. A Scrum Sprint is good example of a forcing function – the team has to figure out how to complete work in a tight […]
read moreAgile experts will tell you the first rule about scaling Agile is … Don’t! The ideal Agile team model is a single co-located, cross-functional team working closely with the customer. As soon as you involve multiple teams to build the same product there will be challenges and a reduction in efficiency (the amount of value […]
read moreThe venerable Burndown chart has been a central plank in tracking progress and predicting likely release dates in Scrum since I can remember. Over the last few years, the Burnup chart has gained popularity – lets explore why. The strength of the burnup approach is in its simplicity and clarity, providing a view of net […]
read moreWhy have an ROI field in the Product Backlog The goal of a Product Owner in a Scrum team is to derive the maximum benefit from the team’s time, in other words to maximise the Return On Investment (ROI). Where the “Investment” is the cost of running the team and the “Return” is the value […]
read moreTFS Rippler is an add-on for Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server (TFS) that runs as a background service, providing some key benefits that you don’t get out of the box with TFS. TFS Rippler automatically and efficiently updates workitems based on a set of customisable rules, triggered by changes to workitem fields or states. Here are […]
read moreIntroducing Team Foundation Server 2012 and Scrum V2.x The combination of Microsoft’s latest Scrum process template and Team Foundation Server 2012 brings a host of new features and much improved user experience. Most of the interaction and administration of Team Projects moves into the web interface with only rare visits to Team Explorer required. […]
read moreThe performance of software delivery teams is so often undermined by team members being shared with other teams or regularly borrowed for operational support and other emergencies. We know that small, collocated, cross functional teams provide optimum performance. So why is it so difficult to have a small group (7 +/- 2) dedicated and focused […]
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