Agile

Epics, Features, and User Stories are trending words in the Agile community. Any organization that has adopted the agile way of working is seemingly obsessed with epics, features, and user stories and these organizations cannot seem to get…

Reading: Agile is STILL All About Alignment We recently got a lot of comments on one of our LinkedIn posts which generated a lot of discussion. So, Mike made a video clarifying some of his points and expanding on what we…

Objectives in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) play a critical role in aligning the efforts and focus toward achieving the goals set by the organization with their primary benefit being; becoming the basis for tracking the progress of the…

Agility and learning may seem like two different concepts, but they share a common thread. Both require a willingness to adapt and change. In this article, we explore what agility and learning have in common. What do we mean by agility and…

When it comes to executing your Program Increment (PI) and as discussed in our previous article, a significant amount of time is dedicated to tracking. Alongside, upcoming PIs are also being scheduled and planned that involve an echelon of…

We asked the Agile Coaching community What is the ONE thing you wish you had known when you started agile coaching? Their answers are surprising and varied… For example, would you have guessed that our CEO and founder, Simon Powers told us…

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Soundcloud RSS There’s a layer to communication that is most important for understanding: intention. It’s the most often overlooked…

Over the last decade, automation has become the norm for most organizations. And if they aren’t fully automated, they are going toward becoming fully automated. DevOps automates the process that connects development to operations, and now…

A guide. A coach. A mentor. A facilitator. A servant leader. One word cannot be used to describe the role of a scrum master. They are at the forefront of teaching principles of scrum and helping the team reach their goals by removing any…

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is brilliantly designed to provide both agility and a solid structure for organizations to function. It allows the management of a vast, complex and ever changing scope of work through different processes…