Four Principles for Designing Your New Agile ProjectThere are guidelines for those transitioning to agile. You have to know how your product releases and how often. Next, you should determine how complex your product is. Johanna Rothman helps you determine what type of product you have and how you can work on it while making the transition to agile.
Overcoming Analysis ParalysisAnalysis paralysis is that situation when instead of making a decision and getting on with things, you keep overthinking the process and avoiding taking action. It’s often a mental block caused by a fear of doing something wrong, and it's a common workplace affliction. Here's how to deal with it.
How Management Indecision Loses Money and Hurts Your Project PortfolioWhen managers can’t decide which projects to undertake, they end up making a decision—to not decide. They don’t fund the potentially transformative projects; they go with the safe bets. The difference between when a project goes on the backlog and when it's started eats into your maximum revenue.
Four Reasons to Stick with Daily Scrum MeetingsEvery team member is required to attend a daily scrum meeting. Pro tip: The ScrumMaster and product owner are team members too, despite their titles of leadership. If you feel you don’t need to attend every daily scrum, then consider these four reasons why you should stick with it.
Using Root Cause Analysis When Your Project FailsVenkatesh Krishnamurthy explains how root cause analysis (RCA) can be used to help your team members avoid personal conflicts and resentment when a project fails. Conducting an RCA session can help to divert attention from people to process improvement.
Why Both Agile and Math Can Be Difficult to LearnAgile software development can be hard, but many of the challenges may be more about perception than actual constraints. Many teams find an agile environment to be both more productive and more pleasant. This sounds similar to current research studying people's math ability.
Seven Steps for Starting ScrumProject taking a long time to get out of the analysis phase? Is there ambiguity and a lack of transparency in all moving parts? Is your project on its way to becoming a money pit? If you answered yes to any of these questions, it might be time to start using Scrum to save your project. Read on.
Four Steps to Avoid Micromanaging and Get Good Work ResultsThere is a big difference between micromanaging people and understanding their state. If you need a project done quickly, you may be tempted to stand over employees' shoulders asking, "Is it done yet?" But if you leave the team alone and simply check in regularly, you'll get better results.
