Apr 30, 2022Velocity is not an agile metricWhat do we want when developing a new product or new features for a product? To delight our users, obvious, right? Nobody works to have unhappy users… How do we delight our users? By delivering something they want, the sooner the better. However, instead of measuring “we delivered what they…2 min read2 min read
May 12, 2019Are experiments underrated?This last years, working as Agile Coach and trying to pull changes, I observed that companies are scared about experiments. They prefer something predictable, easy to follow, clear roadmaps and stability which gives them this desired feeling of control. But live is neither predictable nor stable, so why should companies…Lean Startup4 min readLean Startup4 min read
Nov 28, 2018Business and Agile teamsAfter reading “The art of business value”, a very interesting book written by Mark Schwartz, it was interesting for me because I linked a couple of dots inside my (not too much understandable) mind and I’d like to share this with you. Most of the Agile frameworks ask for a…Agile4 min readAgile4 min read
Sep 24, 2018Flaw of sprint capacity allocationI’m dealing with this problem during a long time ago, in order to feel comfortable, building stable systems and trying to be predictable. …Agile4 min readAgile4 min read
Jun 26, 2018Kanban values workshopLast day I worked with a team in order to improve how they use Kanban and we did it using Liberating Structures and also talking about the 9 core values of Kanban. First of all, a quick introduction to Liberating Structures: They are 33 easy-to-learn microstructures that enhance relational coordination…Kanban4 min readKanban4 min read
May 30, 2018Liberating companiesAfter being really hooked with Management 3.0 philosophy this last three years, last year I landed to a couple of interesting books : “Freedom, Inc.” written by Isaac Getz and Brian Carney and Holacracy written by Brian J. Robertson. …Holacracy3 min readHolacracy3 min read
Apr 26, 2018Agile MetricsIf you are an addict to metrics and all this kind of stuff is such an interesting topic, isn’t it?! After reading last David J. Anderson’s and Alexei Zheglov’s book “Fit for Purpose: How Modern Businesses Find, Safety, & Keep Costumers” — which I get it at the very beginning…Kpi3 min readKpi3 min read
Dec 13, 2017Niko-Niko CalendarThe way people measure performance in organizations is often based on tasks, resource utilitzation, time and so on. But we would like to introduce a culture where people see measurement as a way to learn and improve, and also a healthy and trusted environment where people feel secure talking about…Agile4 min readAgile4 min read
Dec 13, 2017Is it all about money?In my humble opinion, I think that money is not everything, this is something that my father told me thousand and thousand of times but don’t be naive, money is important… Maybe in the future we will work in a more altruist way but not now. …Money3 min readMoney3 min read
Dec 13, 2017Beakman is still aliveWell actually Beakman has not came back to his TV show, but our IT team take his soul to our (let’s say) “R&D laboratories”. In another post I talked about what we did with Moving Motivators trying to find our intrinsecal motivations and other stuff that makes us a little…Leadership3 min readLeadership3 min read
