I am currently at the global Scrum Gathering in London. I have had the great pleasure to host a session on “Kaizen or Kaikaku – two approaches to improvement”. The slides from the presentation can be found here. Next week I will be speaking at the ScanDev on Tour conference in Stockholm. The title of …
As a foreigner in China it’s an interesting exercise in trust and letting go of control to go by taxi. Especially if you think you know how to reach a place and the driver is taking a completely different way. When I go by taxi back in Sweden I’m used to be able to follow …
Today I answered three questions on Agile from a Swedish magazine. I was asked to give brief answers. Here are the questions and my elaborated answers in English. What is the hot topic in Agile today? To me it is the Cynefin framework developed by Dave Snowden. It teaches me how to deal with different …
Last week when giving a Product Owner training class the discussion around how to prioritize got into an interesting direction. I will give you a summary of the discussion and ask for additional thoughts on this matter. After presenting ideas on how to prioritize, like Theme Screening, Theme Scoring and Relative Weighting, an intelligent class …
Today many teams and companies are turning to Agile product development. Scrum is among the most popular choices. The promises from Agile are several. Still it is good advice to do a couple of things before you go Agile. In the following I will list and discuss five things that I propose you do before …
Next week I’ll be speaking at SDC 2011 in Gothenburg. I’ll talk about Managing High ROI Software Development, Value at any cost and participate in a panel discussing the merits on certification for learning. I have my ideas on how to manage high ROI software development. By answering a short survey you can add your …
Vill du medverka till att skapa ett svenskt bidrag till en vision för ett gemensamt europeiskt nätverk för Agile och Lean? I så fall: läs vidare 🙂 Sedan en dryg månad tillbaka finns embryot till ett europeiskt nätverk för Agile och Lean (ALE) som en LinkedIn-grupp (http://linkd.in/ejSoD6). Gruppen startades av Jurgen Appelo (www.noop.nl). Läs gärna …
Whether you are to implement Lean or Agile, support from executive management is needed. Not only support is needed, also understanding, engagement and drive. Executive management has an interest in vision and strategy and what’s on the bottom line. If you have support from your executive management: Congratulations! For the rest of us: How can …