> Observations by an Agile Coach and a cool Venn Diagram They kept repeating the same mantra: You are an agile coach! Why are you so concerned about code quality and software excellence??? My client was incredulous and somewhat irritated with my suggestions. I was explaining that focusing only on scrum team behaviors will lead to […]
When I buy a Tesla put option, am I a jerk who wants to die – or maybe Mr. Elon Musk needs a lesson in Lean Manufacturing? It plays out like this: the successful company wants to scale production; The CEO, VP of operations and VP of Marketing head out to a big manufacturing trade […]
Lean Agile PMO – focus on the right things – deliver the features that drive value Really? Again? She asked me. Aren’t you going to change the subject of your talk? You’ve been going on it for years. It is still relevant – the same way microwaves are still around – I replied. Microwaves? Yes, […]
Lean Agile Team Leadership lessons from Hobie sailing Heading south from delivering a workshop in San Francisco, I was up for a Hobie sailing adventure with family in San Diego’s Mission Bay; while having been a deckhand on a weeklong sailing excursion in Greece many years ago ( that ended up with severe back […]
Lean Agile Delivery on Cadence We were stumped All three of us It was a lean agile delivery project: Improve the Color coating production line at Delmar Industries The Color Coating Production Line The building that housed the large metal-parts color-coating production line was like a complex maze. The metal parts were hung from above […]