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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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Commit to Simple Agile Principles and Collaborate on Meaningful Self-Organizing Standards

Social, Agile and Transformation

A few weeks ago, I suggested three questions that could spark a discussion and debate over your organization’s agile principles. I believe every organization applying agile methodologies across multiple teams needs to define their agile ways of working –.

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How DevOps and Agile Team Leaders Can Organize a Successful Workshop

Social, Agile and Transformation

The collaboration needed by Digital Trailblazers, especially ones leading DevOps and agile teams, is rarely achieved by jumping from meeting room to meeting room or expecting people Requiring a strict in-office presence can be hard on many employees with long commutes, family caretakers, or people with physical disabilities.

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Empower Agile Teams: Leadership Strategies That Inspire People, Not Micromanage

Social, Agile and Transformation

Many agile and scrum teams want to be left alone so that they can do their work. The last thing they want is leaders looking over their shoulders and overseeing their to-do lists, even when they struggle to complete their sprint commitments.

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Happy Agile Teams: How to Ask the Right Questions

Social, Agile and Transformation

Here’s a question I think about a lot when leading digital transformations and guiding agile teams. How should I think about team happiness? Why and how is team happiness important? How should I determine whether and to what extent the team is happy?” - from Digital Trailblazer. When I hear from CIOs, IT Leaders, and other .

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Why Define Your WoW! Agile, DevOps, Product Management Way of Working

Social, Agile and Transformation

I ask this question to agile leaders working with five or more teams: What boundaries and empowerments do you set for your self-organizing teams? . More specifically, are their agile teams free to choose their own tools and technologies? Do you have defined quality,

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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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