PinnedNo time for agile meetingsOne of the most recurring topics in many organizations is time spent on meetings. …Agile Coaching7 min read
PinnedOvercoming organisational inertiaWhen a company throws money out of the window you will not see banknotes flying. What you will see are project deliveries being delayed. The amount of work your employees could have done for a certain cost in a certain time, now inflates and delivery takes much longer. …Organizational Change6 min read
PinnedHappiness as an organisational performance metricAre “happy” people more productive? You would be surprised to know that the problem on how to quantify happiness at work is well known and studied from decades. You can measure your “employee turnover” or attrition rate and infer happiness. You can use a more direct approach, similarly to the way…Business Productivity7 min read
2 days agoWhat is a Spike in Scrum?Spikes are a type of exploration Enabler Story in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Defined initially in Extreme Programming (XP), they are used to gain the knowledge necessary to reduce the risk of a technical approach, better understand a requirement, or increase the reliability of a story estimate. A spike has…Scrum4 min read
2 days agoProduct Backlog Item types — quick guideIn Scrum the Product Owner is responsible for the Product Backlog management. Here is a quick guide on the different product backlog items, their properties, who should create them and for what purposes. Whilst the terminology may seem Jira-oriented, the same concepts are valid with any product backlog management tools. …Jira6 min read
2 days agoScrum and SDLC — Software Development Life CycleI recently wrote about Agile and SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) in two previous articles (here #1 and here #2). In this post I am going to focus more specifically on Scrum, one of the most adopted agile framework, and what SDLC means in the context of adopting Scrum. Scrum…Scrum3 min read
2 days agoAgile SDLC — Software Development Life Cycle #2This is the second part of my previous article aiming to clarify different concepts, processes, stages, best practices around SDLC. Agile is a culture expressed by values and principles. Agile is a culture expressed by values and principles. …Agile3 min read
2 days agoAgile SDLC — Software Development Life CycleIn this article I am going to make clarity on the differences between Scrum, Agile, Waterfall, and respective SDLC. I will provide some definitions, KB and guidance around SDLC and its relation with frameworks, processes, methodologies, and best practices. At the end of this reading you will be able to: …Agile5 min read
Apr 24Is coaching a possible way out of pessimistic existentialism?If there was a new TikTok challenge asking to name a book that tells about coaching without telling about coaching, my first answer would be “ The four agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz. While reading the first part of this book, rich of metaphors about the human condition and existence…Existentialism6 min read
Apr 22Agile doesn’t workChances are that you heard any of these claims or similar at some point of your career especially if you work in IT and Software Development: - “We used Agile in a previous project and it wasn’t good” - “I have worked in Agile before and it didn’t work” - “Agile doesn’t work…Agile5 min read
