Lors d’un récent mandat dans une grande institution bancaire au Canada, on m’a confié le mandat de guider des équipes vers l’Agilité. Cette opportunité était une belle occasion de démontrer une fois de plus la puissance de l’Agilité dans un contexte imparfait. Pourquoi imparfait? Ces nouvelles équipes se situent dans un environnement au milieu de chaîne, c’est-à-dire au cœur d’opérations bancaires complexes, mais sans avoir...
Read MoreYou never actually used a similar product. You were never annoyed by the limits of existing product (competing or not) You understand the high level basics of the needed solution. No more. You answer almost every question with “I’ll go ask” Since your main source of input is the development team, your Product Backlog is filled with horizontal and technical items. Feedback mostly comes from stakeholders during Sprint Reviews....
Read MoreAttached are excerpts of the internal news bulletin of an organization we started coaching in 2008. They had the courage to do things differently and are now reaping the benefits. Being in the avionics industry, the challenges in adopting an Agile approach were immense. But the highly capable team members and management at CMC Electronics were able to surmount those challenges and come up with new and ingenious ways to get closer...
Read MoreIn the last few days, I’ve been getting messages with joyful and happy themes attached to them. I was then prompted to ask myself why some people are downright miserable working within an Agile framework, while many others would not have it any other way. Thinking of various individuals from different teams and industries, I tried to decipher the observed patterns of those individuals who are sincerely happy in an Agile setting. What...
Read MoreDon’t update that burndown chart Close your eyes and stay in the dark If the ghouls and goblins were to see It would mean trouble for you and me Those demons are really scary Filling the Backlog with all kinds of stories Scope is increasing by the hour If they don’t stop soon, their heads they will devour Transparency is evil when facing complexity Mischief is easier under the cover of opacity They hate the daylight, «it’s...
Read MoreHow do we go about to instill an Agile mindset and help teams deliver quality solutions? The two main strategies are the “Big Bang” and pilot project approach. I’ve never had the opportunity to go ahead with a Big Bang, so the alternative has been to find a cool project, get a team together, Scrum the hell out of it and watch all the nasty stuff come up. With a few lessons learned and improved processes, start up a second team and...
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