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Identifying an Agile Transformation Scorecard

Written by Isaac Hogue for LeadingAgile.In a previous post, I asked the question of how can we tell if we are succeeding with an enterprise agile...

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The One Immutable Law of Adopting Agile

I have three non-negotiables when it comes to running an agile transformation. If we are unwilling to create clear, well-articulated backlogs… if we are...

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Agile Is About Risk Mitigation

Written by Robert Sfeir for LeadingAgile. I believe Agile is about Risk Mitigation. I believe Agile teams always aim to deliver value by...

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A Little Risk Goes A Long Way

Written by Tim Wise for LeadingAgile.  Risk is a big topic, but generally for beginning agile teams (or any team) it can be calculated in a...

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Operationalizing Strategy with a Systems Perspective

Written by Michael Robillard for LeadingAgile.While there are many books and much research on organizational development, this system view combined with...

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Estimates or #noestimates... It's All a Matter of Context

I think I’ve found myself (somewhat accidentally) at the beginning of a series of posts called ‘debates I find useless… let’s move on’. The latest...

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The Next Most Important Thing

Finding your next most important thing is critical and requires clarity. As teams begin thinking about how to address their meetings, the topic of a previous...

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Are You Really Done, Done?

Written by Robert Sfeir for LeadingAgile .One of the principles of agile is to Deliver Working Software: Deliver working software frequently, from...

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What is the Goal?

 I seem to lead with that question a lot these days. Is the goal to practice Scrum? Is the goal to apply SAFe? Is the goal to use some other Agile...

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Who the Heck is "The Business"?

 Written by Tim Wise for Leading Agile.As a VP of Technology your day is going along fine and then boom… priorities shift from product and marketing...

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Traditional Risk Management on Agile Projects

[This article was written by Dave Prior]In the Agile classes that I teach, there are often participants who undergo mental, emotional and (sometimes) physical...

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Teams, Backlogs, Working Tested Software

I think there is a lot of noise in our system right now. Lot’s of methods to consider. Lot’s of ways to do agile. At the end of the day… for me, for...

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How to Start to Solve the Problems of Your Product Development Organization

Written by Tim Wise on Leading Agile Blog.I have been thinking a bit about organizations and in particular, where I need to engage organizations to be most...

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The Five Measures Canvas for Agile Transformation

Overview The Five Measures is a tool from Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. It is the first tool he introduces in the book and it lays the foundation for...

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Why Physical Task Boards Still Matter

Written by Joel Bancroft-Connors.If your agile teams are not using physical task boards, you don’t have all the context That’s the theory I put forth to...

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