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 the stakeholders and the leadership’s…
Introduction For any organisation to be relevant, they have to constantly deliver value to the customers. When they have a lot of items, thoughts, ideas to deliver, it becomes important to know what deserves your immediate attention and that makes a huge difference between success and burnout. Whether you are managing projects/products, chasing long term…
Introduction About Niko Niko Calendar Have you ever conducted an elaborate team engagement survey and found some numbers pointing to the team’s health but lacked a good insight into the real issues? Have you been left only with data points but no better understanding of the actual emotions of the team? Do you struggle to…
Introduction We have been driving SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) inspired agile transformation at one of our customer’s place and after launching multiple ARTs (Agile Release Trains) and setting up the LACE (Lean Agile Center of Excellence), we have reached at a maturity level to set up VMO or Value Management Office. This name, VMO, can…
Introduction to Kanban Vs Scrum Scrum and Kanban are two of the most popular frameworks in agile, which have revolutionized the way teams deliver projects. Both the frameworks emphasise on collaboration, flexibility, adaptability and continuous development, but both of these frameworks take different approaches to achieve these objectives. While Scrum and Kanban are the two…
Introduction to Agile Transformation Roadmap Why should organizations pursue agility? What’s in it for them? We live in an age of chaos. Fast, rapid, unpredictable, and unprecedented changes drive the business environment. Technology, people, competition, global geopolitics, and social structures are changing at a pace that has not been seen in human history. ‘Knowing’ what…
Introduction to Agile Vs Lean There has always been confusion regarding whether Agile and Lean (Agile vs Lean) are the same. While Agile methodology and Lean share similar intent and principles, their application can vary depending on the nature of the work. Popular frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, XP are often used in software development to…
Introduction to LACE ‘Lean Agile Center of Excellence!’ Isn’t it a fancy name? 🙂 Imagine LACE or ‘Lean Agile Center of Excellence’ as a group of people who are passionate about making processes leaner, more efficient and easy to understand for everyone within an organization. Being part of LACE is an additional responsibility they take…
Introduction As a working professional, if you get a chance to talk to our parents about how things were in their era then it is likely that they will talk more about consistency, stability and assurance. The business world, and by that extension the organizations during their times were stable, they had little disruptions in…
“Begin with the end in mind.” – Stephen Covey In the often-murky waters of software project management, having a clear “end” is half the battle, so we can not agree totally with Mr. Covey here. We’ve all been there, haven’t we? Staring at project plans that resemble an enigma wrapped in a riddle, a veritable…
