Feb 23Member-onlyHow to Foster Culture Change to Increase AgilityCulture seems to be a hot topic when it comes to adopting agile. Whether it’s about having the “right” culture to foster agility, getting changes done that are needed but are not happening due to the existing culture, or people looking for ways to change the company culture to reach…Culture5 min readCulture5 min read
Apr 24, 2021Member-onlyHow true agility looksHave you heard about “doing agile” vs “being agile”? Taking a two-day course with an exam to become a CSM can help you and your team to do agile, but being truly agile takes a lot more: Practicing, experimenting, and learning by doing. …Agile5 min readAgile5 min read
Sep 2, 2019Member-onlyCoaching True AgilityMany organizations are hiring agile coaches for their agile transformation, to find out that their agility doesn’t increase while spending a lot of money. They expected that the coaches would make them agile, but their actual performance and results are not improving. It’s even becoming worse! If you want to…Agile7 min readAgile7 min read
Mar 26, 2019Member-onlyImprove Software Quality with RetrospectivesAn agile retrospective is a practice for teams to reflect, learn, and to continuously become better in what they do. …Agile4 min readAgile4 min read
Aug 29, 2018Member-onlyAlternatives to agile certificates for delivering quality and value — Ben LindersI don’t have any agile certificates. As an independent coach, trainer, and consultant, I apply whatever makes sense and looks like a valuable solution in a given context. In this article, I’ll question the need to be certified in agile, discuss the alternatives, and explain how I deliver quality and…Agile6 min readAgile6 min read
Jun 14, 2018Member-onlyRetrospective Smells — How to recognize them and act on themIn 2018 I started a series of posts on Retrospective Smells. I plunged in by exploring two smells: Passiveness and Blaming. For each smell, I described how to recognize it and how to deal with it. In this post, I’ll explore why facilitators need to know about retrospective smells. What’s a retrospective smell A…Agile5 min readAgile5 min read
Sep 12, 2017Futurespective: Building Awesome ProductsWhat if you need to deliver the best possible software products? High-quality products that do everything that your users need in a great way, products that your users will love? Here’s a futurespective exercise that you can use in your agile retrospectives if your teams want to build awesome products. Futurespectives …Agile3 min readAgile3 min read
Aug 31, 2017How I Started with AgileWhat do you do when you get a project that’s been going on for a long time and hasn’t delivered value? …Agile5 min readAgile5 min read
Aug 2, 2017Samen werken aan kwaliteitEen agile veranderaarpak helpt je om resultaatgericht te verbeteren door intensieve samenwerking. Het manifest voor agile veranderen helpt organisaties om hun agility te verhogen: Blijvende verbetering van de resultaten, tevreden klanten, en blije medewerkers. …Agile3 min readAgile3 min read
Jun 13, 2017Member-onlyMaking a Business Case for AgileMaking a business case for agile starts by understanding what agile is about and considering how agile can help you. You have to define your own metrics and track them to see if agile is bringing you business value, and reflect on your agile journey to learn, and adopt. Your mileage may vary Over…Agile6 min readAgile6 min read