Are you interested to know how to combine process management, agility and Open Source software? Then the roadshow Agile Process Management with Open Source is for you. It is going to take place in several German cities during autumn 2012. I am going to present ways to achive efficiency in the area of process automation using . . . → Read More: Agile Process Management with Open Source
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What does collocation mean? The concept is very simple. It means bringing together the people who work on a software product in a physical environment. This seems to be natural. But in highly distributed work environments that we have today it is not anymore. I’ve been working on agile projects for many years and I always hear . . . → Read More: Collocation Is Vital! On 5. July 2012 I am going to give a presentation introducing an agile Project in the area of reinsurance which I accompanied as Scrum master and solution architect. The conference is going to take place in the SAP Service Center in St. Leon-Rot near Walldorf. The German IT magazine Computerwoche published my article about agility and management. The article describes ths difficulties when scaling out Scrum in larger organisations. Today I would like to share a success story of a project I accompanied as Scrum Coach and Solution Architect from analysis to production. Main success factors were: Scrum (Agile Development) You can read more in the case study Modernization of business . . . → Read More: Scrum and Silverlight in Reinsurance When you work with distributed teams it is important to have lightweight tools for efficient communication. Here are some free tools that I would recommend: Surveymonkey – Online polls Scrum is in many respects very different from traditional project management approaches, especially waterfall models. It requires a different mindset in which it is ok to say: “I don’t know yet exactly how long the project is going take, but give me some time to get to know the requirements and the team. After some Sprints we . . . → Read More: Impediment Number One to Agile Adoption Many agile techniques such as Kaizen, Sashimi or Kanban correspond to terms and principles found in asian culture. A less known principle is: “Do not develop an attachment to any one weapon or any one school of fighting” In the context of agile it means that one should change the process if it helps to achieve . . . → Read More: Trapped in the Comfort Zone According to the second rule of the agile manifesto working software is more important than comprehensive documentation. This is definitely true! Although there is a greater likeliness of success in Scrum projects than in non-Scum projects, Scrum projects sometimes fail as well. If you ask the people involved in failed Scrum projects, they quickly accuse Scrum of being the cause for the failure. They claim to have done everything that Scrum requires, but failed, so the method . . . → Read More: How to Staff an Agile Team |
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