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...
Agile leaders maintain an environment of trust and support that is necessary for healthy team dynamics. Especially with all of us working remotely it is more important than ever to step up and lead differently. These are the top three skills necessary to becoming an...
This webinar is part of Scrum Alliance® Certified Agile Leadership learning series. Culture change is free - comparison of systems leverage points for transformations Culture of an organization often gets blamed for lack of transformation success. In this session you...
The Satir Change model applies to individuals as well as systems of individuals. It is one of the cornerstones of the family therapist Virginia Satir’s work on how change takes place. Late Status Quo A fairly stable system (individual or groups) with predictable...
A parable - A farmer once chanced upon a pumpkin. He carved it up to make the meanest scarecrow he could. Since he was lazy, he did not have much interest in doing much of anything. But he knew fear can be a strong motivator, amygdala and all. So the scarecrow did its...
This is the last part in the series “Trapped in Wagile”. In the kick-off article I outlined three fundamental characteristics of waterfall organizations. In subsequent articles I explained Phase-Gates (part 2) and Large-batch handoffs (part 3). In this article I am...
This is part three of the continuing series of articles. In the first article of this series, I outlined three fundamental characteristics of the waterfall system. In the previous article (part 2), I explained Phase gates and the unintended consequences when phase...
In previous article, I outlined three fundamental characteristics of waterfall system. Phase-gates are the most distinguishable characteristic of a waterfall organization. Recap Phases are are strictly linear sequence of activities to build a product or deliver a...
Organizations attempting to transition to Agile demonstrate waterfall characteristics - residually or resurgently. Understanding these characteristics and learning to observe manifestation of these tendencies in organization systems will help you uncover impediments...
The proliferation of job titles in an organization encourages the diffusion of responsibility and dilution of vision. Panchal's Directive provides a guide to the number of different titles in an organization: take the square root of the number of people in the...