Leading Agile

AUGUST 19, 2020

Agile isn’t ever really about Agile. In our Business Drivers of Agility webinar series hosted by LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, Mike dives deep into six key business drivers to uncover how Agile can enable organizations to connect these drivers to better business outcomes. It’s about creating business outcomes.

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Leading Answers

MARCH 7, 2019

It would be easy (and wrong) to classify all construction projects as candidates for traditional approaches, and all IT projects as needing an agile approach. Approaches like lean, kanban and agile work well in these uncertain, high-change environments. The custom software development was easy to plan (but not easy to do).

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Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Many traditional project management deliverables have agile alternatives. Yet we rarely see agile communications management plans. Given the high rates of change often experienced on agile projects, we might expect more emphasis on communications to keep everyone on the same page. These are valid questions, so let me explain.

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Wrike

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Various factors — such as the type and size of projects and programs , stakeholder expectations on execution and delivery, and the amount of time your team has and needs to complete each task — combine to determine the best framework for achieving your organization’s goals and delivering optimal results consistently.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Added to this is the complex problem of managing multiple agile teams. The question still stands as to how to make an organization agile so that different functions within the organization can work together and not in silos? A SAFe agilist leads a Lean-Agile Enterprise with the help of SAFe®. Sounds too common?

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Planio

AUGUST 1, 2022

For most development teams and startups, ‘becoming Agile’ starts and ends with how you build software. But a full Agile transformation isn’t just about the development process you use — it’s a way to bring creativity, innovation, and lean operations to every aspect of your business. Download This Checklist.

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Digite

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Continuing our theme of helping Agile teams understand the Kanban Method, so they can effectively adopt it for their improvement efforts, I am again honored to publish a guest article by another great friend of ours – Dave White. Scrum is primarily influenced by the Agile Manifesto which describes the “Agile” value system.

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Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

Assessing and mitigating project risks 7. Planning sprints and running agile ceremonies 8. Updating project management software to keep their team on track 9. Researching and validating project ideas During the project initiation phase, a project manager works to validate ideas and assess whether they’re worth proceeding with.

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Digite

AUGUST 21, 2017

In 2015, in a blog post called Kanban Cadences , David Anderson laid out a set of 7 Kanban cadences or meetings that provide comprehensive opportunities for feedback, planning, and review in an enterprise. I believe this may be of interest to other teams as well, hence this blog post.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 28, 2020

My perspective is based on my analysis, my own interpretations, and the interactions I’ve had with Agile practitioners who follow my publications, books, and/or courses. The new guide clearly informs that Sprint Reviews should not be considered “gates” for releasing value. Introduction of Cadence. Lean Thinking.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Nexus group of teams is very similar to the Agile Release Train (ART) construct. In both SAFe/Scrum it is a self-managing team of self-managed teams with a couple of key roles at the team of teams level. . Lean/Agile Leadership. Nexus and SAFe - Similar Concepts. Nexus - ART.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Many organisations wrestle with the seeming incompatibility between agile and release management, and they struggle with release planning and predictable delivery. Without a regular cadence of delivery of working software any belief that you will get a usable increment is misguided at best. Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide!

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Leading Agile

MARCH 17, 2021

This is Mike Cottmeyer's talk from AgileIndy 2021 on The Executive's Guide to Why Agile Transformation Fails. Announcer] This is Mike Cottmeyer’s talk from AgileIndy, 2021 on “Why Agile Transformation Fails.” So I got involved with agile back in like 2003 and I was working in this company called CheckFree.

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Digite

MARCH 12, 2018

We started with a single Kanban board, but with 2 separate swim lanes for the product manager and the dev team – see below – Planning Lane for the Product Owner. Dev Lane for the main dev activity. The Dev board value stream follows a Test Driven Development flow. Our Kanban Journey.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Stakeholder communication: It is simply not enough for an agile product development organization to create great code and ship the resulting product like a clockwork. Join the free virtual BarCamp of the 27th Hands-on Agile Meetup on October 1, 2020. Stakeholder Communication Channels During an Agile Transition.

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Velociteach

MAY 10, 2023

Lean manufacturing influenced the quality movement, Agile , and DevOps. Multiple and ever-evolving agile practices contribute to that colorful tapestry. Lean Lean principles originated in Japan’s manufacturing sector after World War II but have since been adopted by various industries worldwide.

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Agilemania

MAY 17, 2021

What is SAFe agile. Scaled Agile is an agile framework for developing or delivering large products or solutions produced by multiple teams working in parallel at an enterprise level. SAFe is designed to give teams flexibility and help manage some of the challenges larger organizations have when practicing agile.

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Agilemania

MAY 17, 2021

What is SAFe agile. Scaled Agile is an agile framework for developing or delivering large products or solutions produced by multiple teams working in parallel at an enterprise level. SAFe is designed to give teams flexibility and help manage some of the challenges larger organizations have when practicing agile.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 20, 2018

Reviewing code by eyeballing it to ensure compliance with coding standards. An unattended CI/CD pipeline has to satisfy the needs of all stakeholders without requiring a halt for manual review and approval. As a general rule, anything that requires a halt and manual review is probably designed in a suboptimal way.

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