“The vast majority of respondents (84%) said their organizations were below a high level of competency with Agile practices, signaling ongoing opportunities for improvement through supporting training and coaching.” …Lees meer
When I, a couple of weeks ago during our Scrum of Scrums, asked my fellow Scrum Masters if we are prepared for our Inspect & Adapt and PI Planning days in the light of the COVID-19 crisis, I thought I was being kind of silly.
I am now grateful to all the bright people working at Achmea and the Agile Release Train FRC Express in particular, for the successful events. The first ever online PI days for our Agile Release Train were a positive experience for all participants!
Although we live in exceptionally uncertain times, we keep focussed on our goals and respond to change as required. Time to Sprint!
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Planning twenty-first century style should be reconceived as agile planning.
Agile planning has a number of characteristics:
- frameworks and tools able to deal with a future that will be different;
- the ability to cope with more frequent and dynamic changes;
- the need for quality time to be invested for a true strategic conversation rather than simply being a numbers game;
- resources and funds are available in a flexible way for emerging opportunities.
“Agile management begins with simple shifts in how work is done, but ends with questions such as: What is the nature of work? Which class of people should be running organizations? And how does the overall economy function? And how does society get things done? In the end, it’s also about power.
Agile thus unleashes a whole new set of challenges and possibilities for society. It implies a belief in banking, not necessarily banks. It implies a belief in accommodation, not necessarily hotels. It implies a belief in transport, not necessarily cars. It implies a belief in health, not necessarily hospitals. It implies a belief in education, not necessarily schools. As these new possibilities open up, society is changing and Agile eats the world.” By Steve Denning at Forbes.com …Read More