Hi yall, I'm new to this group so I'm sorry if this has been discussed earlier but I couldn't find anything using search. I see Scrum, Lean etc are best suited...
So far it sounds excellent. As with anything Agile I recommend you try it for a few iterations, watch for pain points and make small adjustments. With a team...
One of my current projects is similar: it's evolving into a potpourri of smaller stuff. I don't see much team oriented work here: the largest effort is two...
Hi Sami, You've prompted an interesting little discussion. Would you mind sharing how your new way of workign differs from your old way? It'd help us/me...
Currently the group of people is not really a team but just a workgroup. We have a very strong emphasis on "management by Excel" where very person is resourced...
... Depends on who you ask. The most vocal problem from current management these days is that "Why the Excel file is not up to date! It should reflect reality!...
Richard, Seddon's book and the Poppendiecks' LSD book are indeed the best I've found as sources of ideas for non-SD projects. When I do a Lean COTS project, I...
Nice Description Alina! We recently worked with a client doing a COTS implementation. The client had done a very thorough vetting of their needs and had...
Sami I am on a BB so I can't link you to a paper I did on this in 2004. Google Mike Dwyer Business Rules agile to find it Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T ... From:...
Hi Alina, If my memory is correct, you are the person who recommended John Seddon's book Freedom from Command & Control: Rethinking Management for Lean Service...
Hi Mary, Thank you for the feedback. Your C2C book was what got me started -- and it revolutionalized my approach to software development and project...
Hi all, I'm reading John Seddon book « Freedom from Command & Control » which was recommended by Alina Hsu (thank you Alina). John talks about system...
Hello Louis-Philippe, The thing that struck me from Seddon's book is that you must count defects found and any time fixing them as failure demand. It might be...
We have posted the introduction and first chapter of the book we are writing, Leading Lean Software Development, at http://www.poppendieck.com/llsd.htm....
Hi Mary, Since your chapter is on Systems Thinking, I thought you might like to take a look at these short youtube videos of Russell Ackoff, one of the great ...
Hi Richard, I'd suggest that you take a little time to answer a few questions: 1) What am I promising my customers and how will I know I've delivered? (Hint:...
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Thanks to all who posted. I will come back with answers/thoughts in a few days (I have few other critical things that I need to finish off first) Richard ... ...
Hi, Sami - I saw your original post of 12/9 and the subsequent responses you've made to this list. I've coached teams that had a stream of problem fix work to...
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Hi, Agile-ANN is for announcements that can be about almost anything: * courses * jobs or consulting gigs that are open * new or existing groups * group...
Louis-Phillipe, I think this is an excellent question and one that is not asked frequently enough, particularly with respect to large scale software...
Thank you very much everybody for your answers. Well, I did discover one of the measurement of my supervisor. It's the typical plan/performance spreadsheet. ...
Just a note on Southwest Airlines (LUV) and agile development. The use of LUV as the poster child of the airline industry and its application to agile has some...
Hello Louis-Philippe, Once your organization promises it will deliver a specific capability for money or time, it is important to the business that you deliver...
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