Introduction to Vertical Slicing and Horizontal Slicing Agile is all about delivering value incrementally and iteratively. Gone are those days where teams develop and deliver features once in 3-6 months. Teams in these modern days, plan just enough, develop small increments and continuously deliver small features which can be used by the users. But one…
Introduction One of the most important principles of agile is to Inspect and Adapt. Agile helps teams with multi level opportunities for inspecting and adapting. While in every cadence there is an opportunity for the product to increment there is also an equal opportunity for people and process to increment. Sprint retrospective is one of…
“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates Introduction Why Release Planning Matters You know that feeling when you are just waiting for something big to drop – a new app, a fresh update, maybe even a game, and then, it’s…
“Discipline is doing what needs to be done, even if you don’t want to do it.” – A quote I read on my school’s ‘Thought of the day’ board on my way to daily morning assembly. We live in this crazy world, obsessed with freedom, autonomy and the thrill of venturing into the unknown. We…
What is an Agile mindset? Why should organizations encourage an agile mindset? More importantly, how to cultivate an agile mindset? We will explore this and more in this short blog. Most people do what they have been doing for years without changing any pattern – why break something that works? They are resistant to new…
Introduction Our industry has gone through multiple iterations of how value is delivered to a customer/consumer over the years. There have been a lot of new ways of working which have emerged to either fit in the change in dynamics or what made sense at that particular point in time. From traditional waterfall methodology till…
Introduction “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together” – Vincent Van Gogh I never wondered what goes into building the great products that I used in my daily routine while growing up as it was all about going to shop with my father to buy the same canvas shoes which…
Introduction Project Management Methodologies play a crucial role in executing and delivering projects successfully in today’s fast-paced environment, where customer requirements tend to change, and they seek to be involved and updated on the progress, effective project management becomes essential. Project management techniques are a set of standard frameworks that help teams organize projects so…
Agile ways of working have helped a lot of organizations to stay relevant in recent times in the industry. Mainly because they can continuously deliver small chunks of work, get feedback and pivot in case there is a change. This is agility in general. Being agile means that teams and organizations understand the 4 manifesto…
Introduction How to calculate WIP limits in Kanban is essential knowledge for any agile team. One of the very common anti-patterns we have seen in our engagements as an agile consulting and coaching company, is that team members pull a work item, and without finishing that (for several reasons), they start working on a new…
