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Test Automation: Prevention or Cure?

A lot of teams have the tendency to view test automation as a way of speeding up delivery of software, as this is often the perceived bottleneck within the team, but if they were to take a deeper look at their development practices as a whole, they may get better results.

Jit Gosai
on Apr 26, 2019
Culture & Methods

Why Isn't Your Current Approach to Scaling Agile Working?

Organizations struggle to scale their agility. While every organization is different, common patterns explain the major challenges that most organizations face: organizational design, trying to copy others, “one-size-fits-all” scaling, scaling in siloes, and neglecting engineering practices. This article explains why, what to do about it, and how the three leading scaling frameworks compare.

Kurt Bittner Cesario Ramos
on Mar 21, 2019
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Unlocking Agility

In the book Unlocking Agility, Jorgen Hesselberg explores how to embrace agility in large organizations and what can be done to remove impediments across the enterprise. It provides practical advice, resources and guidance with real-life examples of successes and failures from companies across a variety of industries.

Jorgen Hesselberg Ben Linders
on Mar 09, 2019
Culture & Methods

2019 Scrum Master Trends Report Published

The 2019 Scrum Master Trends Report has been published by Scrum.org and Age of Product. The report explores salary trends, agile adoption patterns, and gender equality within the Scrum master role, based on the responses from over 2100 participants across 13 countries.

Ben Linders Stefan Wolpers Dave West
on Feb 23, 2019
Culture & Methods

Author Q&A on the Book Business Analysis Agility

James and Suzanne Robertson have written a book titled Business Analysis Agility - Solve the Real Problem, Deliver Real Value. They address the fact that despite the adoption of agile approaches a lot of time, effort and money is wasted building the wrong product. They explore the challenges faced undertaking analysis in agile environments and address some of the common mistakes.

Suzanne Robertson James Robertson Shane Hastie
on Feb 16, 2019
Culture & Methods

Is 2019 the Year Agile Transformation Will Finally Work?

Dave West talks about what Agile adoption and Agile Transformations may look like in 2019, considering factors like the economy, the role of management, the importance of organizations being people centric and how value streams should be inclusive of all elements to deliver value

Dave West
on Feb 05, 2019
Culture & Methods

How to Slow Down to Go Faster Than Ever in Software Development

Going fast without control could be the biggest enemy of software development. By slowing down on people, we improve professionalism and craftsmanship. By slowing down on process, we improve adaptation and efficiency. And by slowing down on product, we improve automation and quality. When we focus on these areas, we start to cultivate a development culture enabling software development fast.

Lemi Orhan Ergin
on Jan 05, 2019
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Digital Transformation at Scale

The book Digital Transformation at Scale by Andrew Greenway, Ben Terrett, Mike Bracken and Tom Loosemore, explores what governmental and other large organizations can do to make a digital transformation happen. It is based on the authors’ experience designing and helping to deliver the UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS).

Andrew Greenway Ben Linders
on Dec 27, 2018
Culture & Methods

Applying Agile for Developing Industrial Machinery

This is the story of a company developing industrial machinery products that became an organization with cross-functional teams using agile. Most important to their success are the people, from the new roles of product owner and scrum master, adapted to the industrial context, to the development teams that are learning self-organization, and the stakeholders involved in supporting the teams.

Claudio Saurin
on Dec 10, 2018
Culture & Methods

CA Technologies' Agile Transformation: A Firsthand Perspective

Agile may not be capable of solving every last problem, but it can go a long way in preparing businesses for disruption and delivering a host of agile-based competitive advantages. Since CA began practicing agile at scale and business agility, we’ve made it easier for leaders, lines of business and teams to work together – and with our customers – on a global scale.

Christine Hudson
on Dec 07, 2018
Culture & Methods

Agile Implementation from a Manager's Perspective

“Perfect is the enemy of good”, so why change something that is working? In this article, based on a true story of agile implementation, you can find answers to the questions: why are managers afraid of letting their waterfall teams become agile? What could your manager’s dilemmas be when working in waterfall environment? So, to change or not to change?

Tomasz Dutkowski
on Oct 20, 2018
Culture & Methods

Managing to the Next Century - The Five Big Things for Agile Transitions

This article explores the key things to think about and prepare for when your organization is transitioning to an agile approach. He emphasizes the importance of supporting and protecting agile culture, self-organization, managing with outcomes, removing sources of waste and delay, and measuring and improving value delivered with frequent feedback.

Dave West
on Oct 13, 2018