Agile Beyond Software – Agile for the Whole Organization

In my last few Agile Basics classes, I have noticed a welcome trend: People with roles outside of IT are attending classes in conjunction with the development teams. People from sales, marketing, accounting, HR and even executive branches have started to recognize that learning about Agile has a positive impact on the whole organization. Agilists [...]

Building a Better Backlog Q&A

On March 5th, I presented the webinar, “Building a Better Backlog: Strategies for Long Term Success in Agile Development.” In the session, I shared strategies on how to build and maintain a good product backlog by describing the overall concepts and techniques for backlog management and how each of the project contributors can contribute to [...]

Your Software’s Health Rating

If you’ve spent some time in Los Angeles, you may have noticed that restaurants auspiciously post a “letter grade” rating.  The letters range from A to F and represent the most recent health inspection assessment.  Any restaurant meeting over 90% of the health inspector’s criteria is given an “A” rating.  These signs are large enough [...]