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Agile Coaching Tip: Faces of Power in the Organization
The lines between political science and organizational culture continue to blur. Those who venture into organizations need to become well versed in the dynamics of power. One such explanation of these...
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Should You TDD Your MVP?
Should you use Test Driven Development when creating your Minimum Viable Product? At first glance, it seems like quite the conundrum. Agile engineering principles strive for a test first approach, but...
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Agile Coaching Tip: What Is an Empathy Map?
An empathy map is a collaborative tool teams can use to gain a deeper insight into their customers. Much like a user persona, an empathy map can represent a group of users, such as a customer segment....
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The Enterprise Build-Measure-Learn Network
Build -> Measure -> Learn loops are often broken in large organizations, mostly due to the fact that functional silos do not enable validated learning. These functional silos, coupled with large...
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Teams Need Business Models, Not Business Plans
I don’t read a lot of fiction, but when I do, it’s a 100+ page business plan attached to a 5-year spreadsheet with numbers that all go up and to the right. As a result, the business plan has...
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Product Owners: Are You Solving Real Problems?
I’ve seen this look too many times from product owners as of late. As organizations shift from can we build it to should we build it, the future of Scrum hangs in the balance. Scrum, as it is...
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Rise of the Lean Executive
“No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it.” – Peter Drucker Drucker has passed on, but fortunately for us his ideas have not. Corporate executives are turning...
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3 Keys for Innovation: Why Lean Startup Isn’t Enough
Innovators have a new dilemma. While it is cheaper than ever to achieve problem/solution fit, the rate of change makes it expensive and difficult to maintain product/market fit. Companies need to do...
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Stop Replacing Trust with Process – The Path to Lasting Change
Does it seem you spend more time talking about the work than actually doing the work? Do you find it takes longer and longer to deliver anything of value to the customer? Did someone just create a new...
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Agile Coaching Tip: ScrumMasters Beware of Impediment-Colored Glasses
impediment – a hindrance or obstruction in doing something: “an impediment to progress”. When you are an acting ScrumMaster or Agile Project Manager, it is common to seek out impediments so that you...
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Agile Coaching Tip: Candy Driven Development
Ever walk into the kitchen of a technology company? Chances are you’ll find a mind boggling supply of candy, snacks, treats and a variety of caffeinated drinks. One could just pass this off as the bad...
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