Tag: agile adoption
Scrum Master vs. Product Owner
The war against traditional, archaic development techniques is well under way with the Agile Manifesto inspiring the agile revolution. Agile encapsulates common ideas from multiple frameworks, such as Scrum, to aid in the collapse of legacy project management techniques. For Scrum to work successfully for organizations, each role has to have a purpose that’s clearly…
The Basics: What is a Scrum Master?
Scrum is a framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value. Though simple in concept, Scrum is difficult to master without a dedicated individual focused on removing impediments and educating the team. Enter: the Scrum Master. A Scrum Master helps guide the Scrum…
Let the Agile Rebellion Begin
If you can hear this, you are the resistance. I’m going to make a bold statement. Traditional development is dead in the software industry, but it just doesn’t know it yet. A rebellion was started long ago, and we’ve been fighting a decades-long war against the Waterfall Imperial Army. A line was finally drawn in…
Your Agile adoption needs to be agile
Agile adoptions stall for a number of reasons. On the surface, it may seem that there is a cultural mismatch, that people don’t like change, or that people just don’t have time available. Although those things must be addressed for change to take root, we have found that it’s often the process for getting people…
7 vital differences between Agile adoption and agile transformation
In my experience working with organizations that are transforming how they work, many people misunderstood what the goals of the transformation are. This is often the result of not understanding the difference between an Agile adoption and agile transformation. In this post we’ll look at the differences between Agile adoption and agile transformation. First I’ll…