Introduction “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu Similarly, the journey of a successful product begins with a well-groomed Product Backlog. I remember a time, early in my Agile career, when our backlog resembled an archaeological dig site. User requests, half-baked ideas, and ancient bugs lay buried beneath…
Introduction In a world obsessed with more, bigger and faster, a quiet revolution is brewing – the just enough mindset. It is not about cutting corners; instead, a deliberate and powerful approach to work and life that emphasizes effectiveness over excess, impact over volume, and learning over perfection. My grandfather used to tell me a…
Introduction Scum Master’s role is one of the three most important roles in teams following scrum while working in Agile ways of working. Scrum master is a crucial and one of the most important roles in a scrum team. A scrum master is responsible for facilitating all the scrum ceremonies in the team, ensuring all…
Introduction Whether you are a project manager, a scrum master, an agile coach or a stakeholder it is important to track and predict the project status for successful delivery of a project. Out of the many tools available for managing projects in Agile ways of working, we will discuss about Velocity Chart in this blog….
Introduction “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry In the dynamic world of Agile, the Product Owner (PO) stands as a pivotal figure, the champion of the product vision, and the crucial link between stakeholders and the development…
Learning is NOT a ‘knowing‘ exercise only. Often when Learning teams, CLOs, L&Ds are planning agile training sessions, they specifically stress on contextualisation and customisation of their learning programs. We have been part of so many discussions where ‘abstractness’ has been called out as something undesirable. It is not true. Abstractness gives people a framework/platform/introduction to…
Introduction ‘Running fast in the wrong direction is worse than walking slowly in the right one.’ – something like this quoted by Simon Sinek on X Today’s business arena demands not just speed, but also strategic agility. The true meaning of agility is also about moving continuously towards the right direction which might have been…
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 Agile ways of working is no longer a new shop on the street and it is highly surprising if anyone in the IT field does not know about it, it is even a part of the university curriculum now! With decades of awareness and dozens of scaling frameworks, large organizations still face the challenge…
