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The Benefits of Feature Teams

Moving away from component teams is a difficult but necessary step for those who want to adopt an agile project management approach.

Agile Design: Intentional Yet Emergent

The difference on a Scrum project is not that intentional design is thrown out, but that it is done incrementally.

Four Types of Resistors When Adopting Agile

When introducing a complex change into a large organization, resistance will be inevitable.

Cultivate Communities of Practice

The most effective type of community of practice within Scrum organizations seems to be one that forms organically.

How Do You Get from Here to Agile? Iterate.

The effort of adopting Scrum is best managed using Scrum itself.

Four Attributes of the Ideal Pilot Project

The ideal pilot project sits at the confluence of project size, project duration, project importance, and the engagement of the business sponsor.

Best Practices Are Dangerous When Adopting Agile

Like sirens singing to us from the rocks, best practices can tempt us to relax and stop the effort of continuous improvement that is essential to Scrum.

There Is No End State When Transitioning to Agile

There can be no end state in a process that calls for continuous improvement.

Balancing Anticipation and Adaptation

A big part of an organization’s becoming agile is finding the appropriate balance between anticipation and adaptation, as Jim Highsmith wrote in Agile Software Development Ecosystems. The…

Presentation on the Benefits of Agile

Chapter 1 of Succeeding with Agile summarizes of the published research on the benefits of adopting an agile…

How to Know if Scrum Is Right for Your Project

After years of studying the problem, I've come up with a foolproof way to determine if Scrum is right for a given project.

Using a One-Handed Clock to Convey Project Goals

The One-Handed Clock is a useful visual metaphor that can be hung in a team room.

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