How often do we forget about the human context, the time, safety, and direct experience needed to shepherd us through change? Why shouldn’t we view the transformation only from process perspective? How critical is it to consider the path of individuals and teams in the context of transition? Here’s the final piece in the series of 12 failure modes in Agile transformation.
Change is neither easy nor fast, especially when we are dealing with large enterprise systems. We are normally constrained by existing, older, and fragile technology, and little time. Just saying, we are “doing Agile” doesn’t mean our enterprise architecture will become lean and Agile overnight. How do we foster relationships between development teams and the business in a lean way? How to create and share an architecture vision? How to build bridges, between what we have and the to-be state? Here are a few ideas.
Let’s say you are a relatively new Agile coach, or want to become one. How do you get started? What do you watch out for? Do you need personal experience in the area? How much? How do you work with teams and create a safe environment? And still keep things simple? This article looks into a few ideas, which suit a certain style of coaching, but it is a good starting point and reminder.
Conversations have become a critical part of consumer and even enterprise software. This provides a whole new set of opportunities and challenges for Product Owners and designers. Design is a dialogue between designer and user. We talk to users about their wants and needs. How do we go about designing a conversation within our products? Here’s an interesting take on this.
Emotional connection of a customer is a key business value driver, probably the most powerful one. How do we influence this? Does it have something to do with creating great ads? Are the brands which have more presence in the marketplace create more emotional connections, and thus smaller brands have an inherent disadvantage? Does moving upmarket help? One last question. Which brand do you think has the highest emotional connection with customers? Apple? Nike? Google? Or? Have a look.
Does your team tend to get tired of looking for ways to improve, using typical retrospective techniques. Trying to dig deeper into problems, sometimes organisational, sometimes professional, can drag the team motivation down. People feel good about themselves and worked toward getting better when they are talking about achievements. How to leverage this in retrospective? Try the niko-niko calendar with mood board. Here’s how.
Not all sorts of work require “let’s all get together and collaborate”. Collaboration enables team work. But collaboration doesn’t always mean let’s huddle together. What other ways can we collaborate more effectively? What can we do to make collaboration more introvert friendly? Here are a few ideas.
Procrastination is a slow poison, but a very potent poison. It kills productivity. It’s a killer of goals and aspirations. It’s the opposite of action, and sense of urgency. How do we beat procrastination, so we stand a chance of achieving our personal and business goals. Here are 17 practical techniques for dealing with procrastination.
AGILE
12 Failure Modes in Agile Transformation – Final Part
How often do we forget about the human context, the time, safety, and direct experience needed to shepherd us through change? Why shouldn’t we view the transformation only from process perspective? How critical is it to consider the path of individuals and teams in the context of transition? Here’s the final piece in the series of 12 failure modes in Agile transformation.
rallydev.com/blog
How to Make Enterprise Architecture Lean?
Change is neither easy nor fast, especially when we are dealing with large enterprise systems. We are normally constrained by existing, older, and fragile technology, and little time. Just saying, we are “doing Agile” doesn’t mean our enterprise architecture will become lean and Agile overnight. How do we foster relationships between development teams and the business in a lean way? How to create and share an architecture vision? How to build bridges, between what we have and the to-be state? Here are a few ideas.
martinfowler.com
How Not to Suck As a Coach?
Let’s say you are a relatively new Agile coach, or want to become one. How do you get started? What do you watch out for? Do you need personal experience in the area? How much? How do you work with teams and create a safe environment? And still keep things simple? This article looks into a few ideas, which suit a certain style of coaching, but it is a good starting point and reminder.
solutionsiq.com
PRODUCT OWNER
Do You Know the Role of Conversation in Design?
Conversations have become a critical part of consumer and even enterprise software. This provides a whole new set of opportunities and challenges for Product Owners and designers. Design is a dialogue between designer and user. We talk to users about their wants and needs. How do we go about designing a conversation within our products? Here’s an interesting take on this.
blog.intercom.io
Difference Between Best & Satisfied Customers?
Emotional connection of a customer is a key business value driver, probably the most powerful one. How do we influence this? Does it have something to do with creating great ads? Are the brands which have more presence in the marketplace create more emotional connections, and thus smaller brands have an inherent disadvantage? Does moving upmarket help? One last question. Which brand do you think has the highest emotional connection with customers? Apple? Nike? Google? Or? Have a look.
hbr.org
TEAM
The Positive Retrospective
Does your team tend to get tired of looking for ways to improve, using typical retrospective techniques. Trying to dig deeper into problems, sometimes organisational, sometimes professional, can drag the team motivation down. People feel good about themselves and worked toward getting better when they are talking about achievements. How to leverage this in retrospective? Try the niko-niko calendar with mood board. Here’s how.
blog.scrum.org
DEVELOPER
Developer Collaboration – For Introverts
Not all sorts of work require “let’s all get together and collaborate”. Collaboration enables team work. But collaboration doesn’t always mean let’s huddle together. What other ways can we collaborate more effectively? What can we do to make collaboration more introvert friendly? Here are a few ideas.
dzone.com/articles
GENERAL
17 Ways to Beat Procrastination
Procrastination is a slow poison, but a very potent poison. It kills productivity. It’s a killer of goals and aspirations. It’s the opposite of action, and sense of urgency. How do we beat procrastination, so we stand a chance of achieving our personal and business goals. Here are 17 practical techniques for dealing with procrastination.
blogs.msdn.com
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