Due to their centralized nature, Shared Service teams have special considerations and needs that Agile coaches should be aware of. This article discusses four focus areas for when coaching Shared Services. Shared Services teams are typically inundated with a large amount of requests. It is not uncommon to see the service demand much higher than the available capacity of the team. To make matters worse, [...]
Considering taking on an Agile transformation for your enterprise? Warning – it is not for the cautious! There is an easy way – just rename your existing process to “Agile Waterfall”. Then enjoy many subsequent years of … (wait for it) … slow-to-market unimpressive products with poor business results, as your team’s esprit de corps nosedives amidst continuous frustration. Credit: codesqueeze.com “101 Ways to Know [...]
As an experienced Agile leader and coach, I often run into the following situation. In my opinion, it represents the largest Agile anti-pattern in the product development world. Many teams focus on progress over the product increment. Progress and Component Teams Team A says, “We are agile. We are making good PROGRESS on our system.” Upon further investigation, Team A is comprised of team [...]
“Going Agile” should never be the goal of any enterprise transformation. There, I said it. Some Agile transformations are analogous to someone telling you that everyone here in the US needs to start driving on the left side of the road. Why? We will get to our destination 16 seconds faster on average (time to market improvement). We will have less wrecks (better quality). Traffic [...]