Neither Snow nor Rain nor Heat Stays Agile from the Post OfficeAgile may not be the first word you think of in relation to the post office, but perhaps it deserves to be. With both the United States Post Office and the Australia Post touting their recent successes with the methodology, could we see a turnaround of their dire financial situations?
The Benefits and Challenges of Agile Development RitualsAgile practices come with rituals and habits that facilitate collaboration and free the team to focus on creative work. However, it can be hard for an agile team to keep up with the rituals. Steve Berczuk writes on the benefits and challenges of following rituals.
Can Agile Development Save the Video Game Console Industry?Agile's presence in the mobile development world has been widely documented—but can it also be credited for the recent downslide of at-home console gaming revenues? Those console manufacturers that aren't using agile may want to give it a try before they slip even further back in the race.
Why Radical Innovation Is Dependent on People—Not ProcessRadical innovation is essential for survival in this century. But no one has been able to come up with a formula or a process to build innovative products like the iPhone or Google Glass. Why is this? Because innovation is a creative endeavor and is people dependent.
Book Review: Discover to Deliver—Agile Product Planning and AnalysisDiscover to Deliver—Agile Product Planning and Analysis, Ellen Gottesdiener's and Mary Gorman's book, is for software teams that are good at creating software but struggle to create the right value. The authors show techniques to help you adapt to the specific delivery method you're using.
How Embracing Feedback Helps You Avoid the VacuumWhatever negative experiences you've had with receiving, or even providing feedback in the past—put them behind you. Feedback is crucial to personal and professional development—as long as the mentor and mentee know their roles and responsibilities in the process.
Agile Is Not for Everyone (and That's OK)Agile is not just a lifecycle, but also a huge cultural shift for the entire organization. In this article, Johanna Rothman details some of the issues that prevent teams from transitioning to agile and discusses what a team's options are if it decides agile is not the way to go.
Can Your Agile Team Be Trusted?Without taking away from the importance of trust between team members, maybe it's time agile developers look outside the team and make sure clients find them to be as trustworthy as they find themselves. There will always be skeptics, but building trust will eliminate many of them.
