Today Agile is a buzz-word, and almost every organisation aspires to adopt its ‘best practices’. Startups and mature companies go for Agile in pursuit of its advantages – decreased cycle times, improved customer collaboration, timely response to change, and so on. But the problem with Agile implementation is that too many practitioners treat it as a methodology, losing its real meaning. Read More
Agile isn’t enough on its own – it requires a dedicated team to make it work. Despite all benefits that this approach offers (speed, stability, security, etc.), it’s often impacted by ineffective communication structures which in their turn influence the way software is designed, tested and delivered to clients. In this situation, a cross-functional team may be the solution your organisation needs. Read More
The modern Agile software development community often considers ‘command and control’ a synonym for dictatorial management. It’s demonised in blogs and books, and many Agile gurus believe it should be banished for good. In reality, the meaning of command and control in Agile has been highly misconceived. So it’s time to rehabilitate this domain. Read More
As we all know organisational agility is important to success. That’s the reason why leading companies make business agility a key corporate attribute and learn to embrace market and operational changes as a matter of routine. Yet despite understanding the importance of agility, there is much confusion around what it actually is. Read More
Nowadays Agile is a buzz-word that has been widely used in both startups and large corporations. For software development companies adopting Agile means finds an effective approach to address incremental iterations, face-to-face communication and customer quality. Read More
Today almost every software company claims to be agile. However, if we take a closer look at approaches they use, it becomes evident that the real meaning of Agile is often lost. So what doest it really mean to work in an Agile team and deliver products in an Agile way? Read More
There have been many talks about the “Agile mindset”, but what does that mean? You must have heard a lot about the Agile Manifesto that values individuals and processes over tools; working software over comprehensive documentation; customer collaboration over contract negotiation and responding to change over following a plan. But is this what being Agile means? Read More
Nowadays when Agile is being praised by company executives, managers and leading business journals, the main question becomes: does Agile really work, or is it just another “management miracle” that promises so much but in reality delivers so little? Read More
These days Scrum has become a buzzword for the development industry. The term “Scrum” was first used in 1986 to describe “a new approach to commercial product development that would increase speed and flexibility”. Nowadays Scrum is a well-known Agile software development framework and its basics are defined in the Scrum Guide. Read More
