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3 Important Takeaways for Pioneering CIOs on the State of Agile

Social, Agile and Transformation

While many organizations have adopted agile methodologies, there’s a gap between what leaders expect from these practices and what they deliver. This year’s State of Agile report (the 17th of their annual reports) shows the gap is widening and points to some of the underlying issues for technology

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What is the Most Important Agile KPI?

Social, Agile and Transformation

I'm asked this question on selecting agile KPIs all the time from leaders. . Some want to try measuring agile methodologies with the same project management measurements that worked for them in the past, while others are trying to establish some oversight on a process that they don' fully understand.

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What Agile Teams Can Learn From 1st Graders

Social, Agile and Transformation

When I saw this hanging in my daughter''s classroom I knew it needed to be shared with Scrum Masters and other agile team members. agile planning agile software development it management organizational change project management software development' A big part of this collaboration occurs in both.

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How to be a Program Manager in Agile Organizations

Social, Agile and Transformation

"We don't need program managers," said the agile leader. Surely, many of the responsibilities we expected of program and project managers have shifted since the pre-agile world. . Let's think about that for a few seconds.

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Yes, it’s Agile --> Three Useful Questions that Block Scrum Teams

Social, Agile and Transformation

In Chapter 5 of my book, Digital Trailblazer, I share several of my stories of helping organizations define their agile ways of working. If you’re married to a framework, it’s hard for leaders to develop agile cultures and mindsets.

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We are Doing Agile, but are not Agile

Social, Agile and Transformation

Everyone, or at least almost everyone is doing some form of agile practices today. In fact, some leaders drive their digital transformation programs with leading agile to deliver customer facing applications.

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Big Data Project Management: What’s In & What’s Out?

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This should not be a surprise to anyone planning or managing such a big data project and suggests the need for both project management experience as well as data science and technical knowledge, as discussed in You Need a Project Manager on Your Big Data Team.