In recent months I've begun a new executive coaching engagement with a large financial institution. The work has been intense and fascinating and has taught me as much as I … Continue reading You are in the software business. Whether you like it or not.
Can you practice Lean Startup in the Enterprise?
Posted on June 14, 2016.Last week at the inaugural The Lean Event in Brighton, England I gave a new talk called Scaling Lean: Project, Program, Portfolio. You can see the slides here. In the talk I … Continue reading Can you practice Lean Startup in the Enterprise?
Scaling a culture of learning across countries
Posted on June 14, 2016.Recently, I did some work with a team, or more accurately a portfolio of teams owned by the same parent company. Each individual team provided similar services but in a … Continue reading Scaling a culture of learning across countries
Measuring throughput? You’re doing it wrong.
Posted on June 14, 2016.One of my favorite questions to ask when starting with a new client is, "How do you measure success?" The responses invariably start with, "Good question" and are then quickly … Continue reading Measuring throughput? You’re doing it wrong.
Offshoring seems contrary to Agile principles. Can it work?
Posted on June 14, 2016.Rapid iterations. Short cycles. Feedback from the market. Real-time conversations. Fast course corrections. These are some of the many promises of Agile software development. It's tough enough to make these concepts … Continue reading Offshoring seems contrary to Agile principles. Can it work?
There Are Only 3 Reasons to Reduce Your Rate
Posted on May 7, 2016.After reading this piece from Jurgen Appelo, I started thinking about my own practice and why, if ever, I would negotiate my rates. Here’s where I netted out. New clients … Continue reading There Are Only 3 Reasons to Reduce Your Rate
On Making Meetings and the Depletion of Time
Posted on October 1, 2015.My friend Abby Covert recently reminded me of the scarcity and value of time. It’s the only material in existence that is constantly being depleted and cannot be replenished naturally … Continue reading On Making Meetings and the Depletion of Time
Agile is not a substitution for vision
Posted on May 18, 2015.In his blog post from 2011, Mike Cottmeyer, an agile consultant and coach, listed off the 13 most common reasons his clients began their agile transformation. The list contains … Continue reading Agile is not a substitution for vision
The Shit Umbrella
Posted on April 27, 2015.Image courtesy of http://danielle-carlson.blogspot.dk/2011_02_01_archive.htmlI’m regularly asked how to get organizations to start buying into a leaner more agile way of working. While no one tactic holds the key to success, … Continue reading The Shit Umbrella
Want to make your teams more successful? Change their names.
Posted on April 12, 2015.Boom! Lots of companies these days echo the “fail fast, fail often” mantra. Yet, when push comes to shove (and by push, I mean getting code out to production) very … Continue reading Want to make your teams more successful? Change their names.