To measure is to know. If you can not measure it, you can not improve it. – Lord Kelvin What is Agile Maturity? Agile maturity refers to the state of agile adoption in the organization focused around agile principles, practices, organizational structure and culture. Agile Maturity Assessment involves assessing an Read More
Surprisingly, most teams following Scrum see Daily Scrum Meeting (DSM) as just a 15 min ritual – one where teams get together to exchange updates. And quite conveniently, an inordinate percentage of scrum masters tow the ‘update’ line. They use DSMs to merely tick boxes off – facilitating and collecting Read More
Introduction Product Backlog Vs Sprint Backlog In agile ways of working, backlogs play a crucial role in organizing the work and prioritizing tasks. Backlogs are the only source of truth that helps the development team understand the list of activities / work that it needs to undertake for successful delivery Read More
Introduction to Agile Coach vs Scrum Master The Information Technology Industry since its inception understood the essence of agility as the user requirement continuously evolved due to the rapid advancement in technology and the associated ecosystem. This got further impetus with the digital transformation wave that touched almost all sectors Read More
Introduction to Agile Manifesto and Principles In the early 1990s, software development was going through something called “the application development crisis.” People started to notice a significant lag in the delivery of new software development applications. It was taking them too long to deliver the projects, and often when the Read More
Agile is one of the most widely accepted ways-of-working to approach a project in recent times in the industry. Organizations are choosing agile over other approaches to reap the benefits of increased customer satisfaction, responding to market changes, and staying relevant in the VUCA world. Agile is a different way Read More
Introductions to Agile Principles In today’s environment, continuous evolution, responding to change and ever increasing demands are must for every organization. Agility in practice, both at organizational and individual levels, thus becomes very important and key to giving an organization a competitive edge. Agility in its simplest sense is nothing Read More
Introduction To Agile Metrics Due to the ever-changing business dynamics in the past couple of decades, agile ways of working have sidelined other approaches in the software development space. Initially, this transition faced a lot of resistance due to the nature of vague explanations to specific and pointed questions by Read More
Planning and initiation is a key part of any project be it a traditional project or an agile project. While traditional project delivery includes planning everything up front and then moving to design and other phases, agile planning involves a concept of “Just enough”. Why does Agile recommend ‘just enough Read More
Agile development is often associated with short-term planning to keep pace with changing customer needs and volatile business contexts. However, this doesn’t mean that long-term planning (read roadmaps) doesn’t matter or is not done. On the contrary, roadmaps (product roadmaps in the context of this blog) play a vital role Read More
