“Change is difficult”, but “Change is inevitable”. And more importantly No Change is easy. Change is always a painful exercise. Agile Transformation touches the life of people. It makes them come out of their comfort zones. Agile Transformation therefore is pervasive – people hate it. I have seen many companies struggling with agile transformation for […]
Read MoreWhen you do transformation programs, most of you will hear these statement “we were delivering projects before, we will continue to deliver projects … how much difference a mere ‘way of work’ can bring?” “All this agile and stuff is just a new name for the same old thing. It wont solve my problems“ “I am doing […]
Read MoreIssue with Big-Bang Agile Transformation Most Agile Transformations start off as bing-bang implementations spanning across multiple years. Most transformations result in a lot of heartburn and a loss-of-focus since no tangible result get achieved in a short term. Thus the budgets for transformation get consumed quickly and then the questions about “what results you have […]
Read MoreIn my experience, Agile Transformation can be run as any other Scrum implementation. Thus creating an Improvement Backlog which is an ordered list of everything that needs to be done during the transformation can be created. Some items which need to be considered Each Item must have a tangible Business Value – Generally the leadership teams […]
Read MoreA lot of organizations now a days have a plan to move to agile. For which they hire “consultants” , do a “analysis” and come up with a detailed, prescriptive plan that they intend to track meticulously to completion. This in itself is “waterfall” way of work.… In my experience as scrum master as well […]
Read MoreIn DevOps, automation is achieved using different tools. The most important Phase which needs automation in DevOps is “Testing”. Today lets looks at few of the tools which aid us in automating Testing cycle. The important as point to note here is “Testing” can happen in many different ways, and that is the reason you […]
Read MoreWhen transitioning to Agile, aspects of project management which need attention are presented below (courtesy PMI) Agile Lifecycle Agile Principles and Mindset Value-Driven Delivery Stakeholder Engagement Boosting Team Performance Practices Adaptive Planning Problem Detection and Resolution Continuous Improvement (Product, Process, People) Agile Principles and Mindset To become an effective Agile professional, one needs to understand […]
Read MoreA Deployment pipeline is an important concept in Continuous Delivery. In Deployment pipeline we break the build process into distinct stages In each stage we get feedback to move into the next stage. It is a collaborative effort between various groups involved in delivering agile software development. Often the first state in Deployment pipeline is compiling the […]
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