The 3 Agile Foundations of Release Orientation
In order for an organization to be successful with Continuous Business Value Delivery® the organization has to set a new destination and has to create a “new” route to reach this destination. This ...
3 reasons why CEOs need to care about Agile
If you’re a CEO of a company, agile and scrum should be very familiar to you. If not, you run the risk of losing productivity and profit in your business. The top 3 challenges for CEOs who are ...
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The 6 Top Scrum Myths Debunked
Scrum is a framework comprised of roles, events, artifacts and rules along with a set of values to be lived by Scrum Teams. We have seen Scrum done well and, in many instances, Scrum not done so ...
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Enterprise DevOps Accelerates Release Orientation Adoption
As we discussed in the previous blog, lean release management processes are the foundation block for release orientation. In order to amplify the value delivery across multiple synchronized value ...
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Enterprise Release Management Orchestration
The first step is to get the organization aligned on a agile delivery cadence that is most appropriate depending on the type of business – more importantly the expectation from your end users. For ...
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We are speaking at Continuous Delivery Summit (CD Summit) in Washington DC!
We are happy to announce that Naeem and Brian will be speaking at CD Summit on Wednesday, November 19th. Our session is called "Realizing Continuous Delivery: From Startups to Large Enterprises" - so ...
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Agile Enterprise Portfolio Management for Release Orientation
The third foundation –Agile Enterprise Portfolio Management– A lean project funding and tracking process that ensures Just In Time funding of ideas, so that the rest of the machinery can deliver the ...
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Sixth installment - the starting problem series - the worst leadership mistake
As experienced leaders, we expect that our managers and executives trust us as well as give us autonomy in decision-making. Some call this empowerment. The secret for this empowerment begins with ...
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The Starting Problem Series - Fifth installment - Is innovation and reward important in agile transformation?
Inspired at @gwu @uchicago
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The Starting Problem Series – The Problem with Agile Recipe Books
Ever tried getting a recipe book and recreating your favorite dish made by your favorite chef? You have followed all the instructions, gotten the right ingredients, and channeled your inner Emeril, ...