The imprisonment to which most of us are subjected in this period due to Covid-19, actually can bring unexpected benefits if you are able to look in the right direction, spotting new opportunities. What if you discover that teams working from remote are able to maintain same, if not better, levels of effectiveness? Isn’t that ..read more

To date, most companies gave higher priority to return on shareholders investment. This has created major problems for the fragile balance of the planet, as well as dramatic and always increasing disparities among rich and poor people. The Covid-19 crisis we’re living is teaching us, one more time, that everything in this world is inter-connected ..read more

The dramatic crisis we are living due to Covid-19 and the consequent fears and uncertainties, could put at risk some of the advancements we have experienced in the past twenty years, also thanks to the Agile movement. Some of the underlying principles of that revolution are today dramatically challenged by this infinitesimal virus who, mercilessly ..read more

After almost twenty years of life of the Agile Manifesto, we can confidently say that such a document marked a radical change in many areas of the world of work. Thanks to its founding values and principles, a cultural re/evolution started and it is now at its highest peaks on the implementation perspective. However, can ..read more

Competing as a protagonist in the digital, global market, means delivering actual value to customer, always striving to improve speed, quality and adaptation. The performance of the work teams that produce those results, is obviously one of the key factor in achieving these standards. Agile suggests, to reach that objective, to design teams which are ..read more

Every time a new initiative is starting, it’s intrinsically risky. This is even more true when the solution you need to develop, is a big one. An approach that is able, if well executed, to drastically reduce risks from the very beginning is the Agile Inception. Want to know more?! Agile manages risk by design. In ..read more

Digital revolution and technological innovation have spread to every sector of the world of work. Only companies able to listen to their customers thoroughly and respond quickly to their requests, redesigning business models and constantly innovating their products and services, are destined to play a leading role in their target markets. How can companies be ..read more

If managing risks with Agile could seem trivial in case of just one team, what are the good practices when multiple teams are working together building the same solution? In the first part of this post, I explored how great is Agile at its core and, more specifically, how Scrum implicitly and by design, takes risks into high ..read more

What if some sarcastic guys would challenge us by asserting that Agile/Scrum primarily are mainly great approaches to manage risks?! Should we feel offended by that? Well, let’s see how Agile addresses and manages risks, then we can decide :o) Once I read, don’t remember where, that Scrum is not, at all, the best approach ..read more