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Applying Lean Tools and Techniques to Scrum

This article focuses on some of the challenges that Scrum is facing and how Lean can be a complementary approach. Lean is often misunderstood as a heavyweight process when in fact it is a philosophy, one that is grounded in continuous improvement. The topic of waste, a central theme that Lean helps focus on, shows us that Scrum can be improved upon.

Leigh Griffin
on Jul 07, 2021
Culture & Methods

Building Stronger Human Teams by Managing the Inner Lizards

Each of us has an inner lizard that frets constantly about our safety. People come with brains that are pre-configured to scan everything you say for threats to their safety. Learning to recognize when you're operating under reptilian influence is a great start. This article introduces some techniques to help you manage the lizard within you along with those around you.

Mike Duskis
on Jul 01, 2021
Architecture & Design

Enhance Your Testing Strategy with Mind Map-Driven Testing

Mind map-driven testing can enable testers to focus on test idea generation, it exposes you to your thinking and enables you to brainstorm and organize your ideas effectively. This article shares ideas and knowledge about mind maps and shows how they can be used as lean documents to plan, organize, record, present, and report on testing.

Prashant Hegde
on Jun 16, 2021
Culture & Methods

Inclusion Has to Be Continuous

To create a truly diverse culture, we need to have inclusion throughout the whole lifecycle of an employee’s career journey. Leaders need to foster a psychologically safe inclusive environment to allow diversity and diversity of thought to exist. They need to grow people to move them out and continuously get new people in to shake things up, to maintain diversity and inclusion.

Ben Linders Dave Dame
on Jun 11, 2021
Culture & Methods

Inspect & Adapt – Digging into Our Foundations of Agility

Inspecting and adapting are fundamentals in agile practices. Yet, there are wide interpretations of how either is done well. It is a matter of our heart and soul – but the answer lies between our ears. In this article, we invite you to dip your toe into the deep waters of the internal inspect & adapt mechanisms. This article can be summarised in four words: Think. And think again.

Sven Ihnken
on May 31, 2021
Culture & Methods

‘Debt’ as a Guide on the Agile Journey: Organizational Debt

In this article in a series on how ‘debt’ can be used to guide an agile journey, we will provide two examples of smells that are related to organizational debt, explain the symptoms, the impact on the business and in our organization, outline the experiments (countermeasures) that we have introduced in an effort to try to remove the smell, and provide some specific advice for you to be inspired.

Anne Abell Carsten Ruseng Jakobsen Rasmus Lund-Jensen
on May 26, 2021
Culture & Methods

Keeping Technology Change Human

When we are at the forefront of so much change, it's easy to forget that other people around us find change more challenging. This article is a reminder to look beyond the code and processes, to consider how tech team actions can affect our users in emotional ways. It seeks to establish a few ways of thinking to help bring others along with us when working through technology change.

Matt Overall
on May 20, 2021
Culture & Methods

The Game Master's Framework for Software Development

The Game Master Framework for Software (GeMs) combines role-playing concepts with software development, effectively creating a framework to deliver software in complex and chaotic environments. GeMs allows you to use your skills from playing Warhammer, WoW, Dungeons, or dragons, and C’thulu, to create software. GeMs combes gaming tactics with software creation.

Fredrik Carleson
on May 19, 2021
Culture & Methods

How Journaling Puts Leadership in Action

Have you ever wondered how keeping a journal (or even a so-called “diary”) and business-related topics go together? In this article, Cosima Laube explores how regular structured writing for the sake of reflection and learning looks, and shares her own experience with different journaling variants and techniques, as well as some science and meta-level views.

Cosima Laube
on May 12, 2021
Culture & Methods

Challenges of Working Remotely in Africa

Remote work can present new complexities such as communication gaps, time zone challenges, and even lack of transparency. Nonetheless, a well-managed remote team can readily overcome all these issues while discovering many benefits at the same time. This article focuses on the current situation in Africa citing specific challenges and solutions drawn from real companies in Nigeria.

Abiodun Osoba
on Apr 27, 2021
Cloud

Cloud-Native Is about Culture, Not Containers

At QCon London last year, Holly Cummins, innovation leader in IBM Corporate Strategy, provided a session titled: Cloud-Native is about Culture, not Containers. In this article, Cummins will discuss the role of culture in cloud-native architecture. Furthermore, she will dive into various topics around cloud-native ranging from its definition to CI/CD and operations.

Holly Cummins
on Mar 17, 2021
Culture & Methods

Leading during Times of High Uncertainty and Change

To help teams succeed during uncertain times, leaders need to navigate different horizons; managing themselves and building strong relationships with their teams. Organisations need leadership at all levels. In order to be successful, leaders should develop skills for self-management, delegation, dealing with ambiguity, managing in all directions, systems thinking, and leading through context.

Ben Linders Lena Reinhard
on Feb 24, 2021

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