Participants using agile methodology can gain personal health benefits and increase safety by applying some of the principles and practices of agile to their own well-being. Here are some possible ways: Creating a personal backlog: A personal backlog is a list of tasks or goals that one wants to accomplish in their personal life. These can include lists such as exercising, meditating, reading, learning, etc. A personal backlog can help one prioritize and plan their activities, and track their progress and achievements. Evaluate Progress in sprints: A sprint is a short and focused period of tim ..read more

Is an initiative failing? We knew it! Was a mistake was made? By who? If a mistake happens, we typically look for someone to blame. In turn, many of us will avoid risks or will play it safe to avoid being pointed out. Progress suffers from fear of taking action. Making this even worse, the finger-pointing kills curiosity and with it the chance to learn. What can we do to prevent this? If We Want Progress, Mistakes Must Happen Mistakes happen. And if today we preach risk-taking, speed and experimentation, we have to expect even more mistakes. Giving people more responsibility while enabling aut ..read more

There are many organizations need or would like to achieve greater agility. However, in order to achieve it, leadership style and corresponding principles need to be revisited. Therefore if we want agility, we need to demonstrate agile leadership as a result. But how exactly? A global study delivers a behavior-based competency model. The good news is that competencies can be learned. The Global Center for Digital Business Transformation wanted to find out, what exactly does agile leadership look like. The IMD Business School in Switzerland teamed up with metaBeratung, a specialized consulting ..read more

The more experiences companies create through agile transformation the importance of organizational culture becomes clearer. It is the number one challenge. It’s true, it could be the very reason why we can’t change, and subsequently why agile won’t work. However, working on our culture will also open the path forward. A closer look at agile organizations reveal that it is culture that builds the common ground and acceptance for agility. Organizational development has always taught us that change is achieved sustainably when it starts with the people. Agile transformations are no different. On ..read more

It has been over a decade now that surveys reveal – again and again – the one biggest challenge when transforming to agile: an organization’s culture. No surprise, since organizational agility arises not from doing agile alone but from being agile. So, let’s look at how agility can be anchored in the company culture, so it becomes a lever, not a challenge in achieving agility. If an organization is agile, it can be seen in how aware they are about trends and developments on the market, how quickly and flexibly they can adapt to the changes they sense around them, and how spot on they come up w ..read more

It has been over a decade now that surveys reveal – again and again – the one biggest challenge when transforming to agile: an organization’s culture. No surprise, since organizational agility arises not from doing agile alone but from being agile. So, let’s look at how agility can be anchored in the company culture, so it becomes a lever, not a challenge in achieving agility. If an organization is agile, it can be seen in how aware they are about trends and developments on the market, how quickly and flexibly they can adapt to the changes they sense around them, and how spot on they come up w ..read more

There’s definitely a lot of buzz these days on the most popular types of Agile-At-Scale frameworks that would enable a company to scale for larger teams and varying company sizes. Everyone wants to go with the most popular one and assume that it’s the most effective one. We are providing an unbiased view of the pros and cons of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Just note that a more popular framework doesn’t mean it’s better, or at least in the context of adoption and use, it might not be the best one for your particular company culture, size, situation, growth, budget, etc.. Is Scaled Agile Fra ..read more

What Is an Agile Mindset? In the agile community, many newcomers have not yet adopted the Agile Mindset, and most don’t actually know it exists. They’ll see Agile as something they’d like to use as a tool, process, or methodology. But that is like comparing someone who wants to play a video game without getting into the story-line about what the actual game is about. Surely that will not prevent someone from playing the game, but their advantage compared to the rest of the players, will be heavily hampered. In order to be fully immersed in the experience, one must consider that there are other ..read more

What is the most ideal trait for success? Think of the trait that you would most likely want to have for personal success? Many people would guess intelligence as a definite and safe answer to that question. But in fact, many have ignored the trait that they absolutely need to develop to be able to relate best to people in society. Think of how many problems people seem to report on a daily basis, even those that seem to be successful or wealthy. What is necessary to take into consideration is their success in relationships as the main factor in their overall success. Some people never ever se ..read more

In the context of Lean principles the Minimum Viable Product is known in practice as the MVP. For most, the use of that term is used liberally and sometimes even dangerously when used to represent a finished product. The problem arises when there are expectations well beyond actual possibilities at the time of signing, planning or initial sprint. Of course with reason, nobody knows what to expect until the product is completed. Defining HPE We are using the concept HPE as an acronym to represent High Product Expectation. In this context, High Product Expectation is what the client expects as t ..read more