Thought provoking posts on Agile by Leadership Circle, brought to you by Spearhead Management and Dr. ir Johannes Drooghaag
Why Agile fails when it fails -Less ego allows more Agile The Agile principles are based on the common understanding that everyone is an expert in their own field, and bringing these experts together is the foundation of rapidly creating value. Knowing when you are the expert, and knowing when you are not, is at …
Don’t retrofit Agile on non-Agile processes There are still many organizations that prefer to cherry pick from the Agile Principles, and somewhere along the line of conventional projects and processes attempt to retrofit an Agile concept to create that “look mom, I’m agile” moment. A “Kanban-ish” Gantt Chart with fixed tasks and deadlines is one …
Agile is not a software method. Agile is a business method. Due to its popularity as software value delivery method, Agile is strongly associated with the iterative delivery of software and related services. The Agile Manifesto adds to the sense that Agile is a software method, and that could not be further from reality. The …
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Why Agile fails, when it fails There are many reasons why Agile fails, when it fails. During our annual Agile Practitioners Workshop, facilitated by Spearhead Management, we listed the 13 most common reasons and analyzed their causes. And it should be no real surprise that they all have leadership issues in common. From cherry-picking from …