The last two articles focused on Scrum team performance as a whole and rudimentary skills for dev team performance, the first of three requirements of a development team to help it achieve…
Archive of Tag 'culture'
Culture is the set of norms we follow in our places of work and a lens through which we see ourselves, our colleagues and our customers.
Posted by Jeff Hayes on May 8, 2020 in Agile
Before we get back to our discussion on Scrum team performance, let’s take a look at a real world example of how agile works versus how waterfall works (or doesn’t). Coronavirus and…
Posted by Jeff Hayes on January 23, 2020 in Agile
Generally speaking, Scrum development teams benefit from specific performance improvement processes. And who better to help teams through such processes than an agile team coach? This post presents the critical skills needed…
Posted by Jeff Hayes on April 23, 2019 in Agile
What does it take for an organization to become “fully agile?” The short answer is desire: The desire to… Improve customer satisfaction Engage employees more fully Produce greater value for the organization…
Context... agility, culture, environment, leadership, scrum, trust
Posted by Jeff Hayes on March 27, 2019 in Agile
How does a company identify and hire an excellent Scrum master (SM)? Finding the right kind of person assures an organization that it can exceed its average return-on-investment on “projects;” see Erin’s…
Context... agility, culture, environment, leadership, scrum, servant leader, strengths
Posted by Jeff Hayes on February 13, 2019 in Agile
Agile software development is iterative and incremental in nature as I discussed previously in Agile Methods Provide the Greatest Value to Organizations. Its earliest manifestation is probably in work performed by IBM…
Context... agility, culture, feedback, risk management, scrum, servant leader
Posted by Jeff Hayes on July 31, 2016 in Business
Most savvy businesspersons understand that ‘content is king,’ meaning that good, appropriate content is an important key to the success of marketing campaigns today. Where content production is concerned, these same businesspersons…
Context... culture, feedback, innovation, strengths, trust
Posted by Mike Schmidt on June 7, 2016 in Business
Having been on both sides of the desk, I’ve come to realize how critical it is for Sales & Marketing to be aligned. The reality is that, while many companies are combining…
Context... business strategy, culture, risk management, sustainability
Posted by Jeff Hayes on April 30, 2014 in Technology
Google has become one of the most successful companies in history, in part due to its ability to tell us who we are. Asking metaphorically, Is Google a prophet? Can it predict…
Context... agility, culture, feedback, innovation, productivity
Posted by Jeff Hayes on January 30, 2013 in Technology
When we hear the phrase Trends in Technology, some of us begin thinking about technologies that should be coming of age soon. Some of us think “What now!?!” perhaps because technology inspires fear…
Context... culture, innovation, strengths, sustainability
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