by Dhaval Panchal | Sep 5, 2023 | Business Agility, Home Page Feature, leadership, Management, Simulations, transformation
IT projects are notorious for going off track and costing much more than estimated. But how bad can it get? Following is a sobering quote from the book “How Big Things Get Done” by Prof. Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner “My database revealed that information technology...
by Dhaval Panchal | Jul 20, 2023 | Coaching, Home Page Feature, leadership
Situational awareness can enable Agile leaders to empower others to problem-solve If the situation is about:- a knowledge gap, then teach;- a skill gap, then mentor;- an options gap, then consult;- a personal growth gap, then coach. I don’t always coach, but when I...
by Dhaval Panchal | Apr 29, 2023 | Culture, Home Page Feature, Management, Systems Thinking
I started my agile journey twenty years ago. At the time, I was a Java programmer and a UML modeler, and I lucked into working in an XP team. Joining an experienced XP team was uncomfortable at first. The practices were very different from what I was used to. Kent...
by Dhaval Panchal | Mar 31, 2023 | Home Page Feature, Management, Product
Summary of takeaways from Geoffery Moore’s book, Crossing the chasm. Since its first publication in 1991, it has been a canon for marketing and sales decision-making in product management. The groups in the technology adoption cycle represent a unique psychographic...
by Dhaval Panchal | Mar 6, 2023 | Home Page Feature, leadership, Scrum
Imagine a stencil. It leaves the insides open to your implementation. You can place your stencil on paper, color the interiors, make intricate patterns, or trace along the boundary. The outcome holds the same shape regardless of the fill you choose to put. Similarly,...
