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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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Why Data Science, DataOps, and Data Governance need Agile Methodologies

Social, Agile and Transformation

While the words I'm using to describe a data science are different than software development, the process and mindset are very applicable to agile methodologies. . And just like software development, data science requires a. Data science requires questions, hypotheses, discovery, analysis, and recalibration.

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5 Critical Takeaways from the 2020 State of Agile Report

Social, Agile and Transformation

The 14th annual state of agile report is now available, and it's one of the papers I look forward to reviewing every year. It surveys over one thousand software development professionals from a mix of company sizes, development team sizes, geographies, and industries.

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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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Happy Agile Teams: How to Ask the Right Questions

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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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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

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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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