Senior Consultant Jonathan Kauffman offers advice for Agile teams in choosing which software quality metrics to track as they learn which are informative and aid with decision-making.
Senior Consultant Jonathan Kauffman offers advice for Agile teams in choosing which software quality metrics to track as they learn which are informative and aid with decision-making.
Technical Manager Bob Foster discusses five similarities between a successful software product release and coaching lacrosse.
Senior Consultant Jonathan Kauffman discusses ways to integrate IV&V into an agile development team to improve team and organization velocity.
Managing Consultant Brian Hicks explains how to avoid ineffective retrospectives with four tips for creating and managing action items.
Part 2 of the mini series: Agile Team Facilitation Tips for Coaches.
Part 1 of the new mini series: Agile Team Facilitation Tips for Coaches.
More than 75% of Americans work remotely at least once a week, 43% work remotely at least half time, and 20% work remotely full time. According to Gallup, that trend is only going to continue to grow. Working remotely has numerous benefits including increases in productivity, employee retention, and diversity. A study by Stanford University […]
A common refrain Brian Hicks hears from management in organizations transitioning to agile is, “if the teams are self-directed and get to choose how much work they do, how can i be sure they are working hard enough?”
More and more organizations are adopting agile software development processes and practices. But in many cases, these organizations have declared they are agile without actually changing how they develop software. Declaring that an apple is an orange doesn’t make it so. These six key indicators can help you determine whether your agile project isn’t really […]
Successful agile teams often have a coach driving continuous improvement. While some coaches are effective initially, many eventually succumb to pitfalls that inhibit their team’s growth and fail to compel any lasting changes. Here are five common pitfalls of agile coaches I see in most projects that fail to improve. 1. Not Applying Agile to […]
