It’s sort of a chicken and egg problem in many agile teams—that is the notion of trust. Do you give the team your trust as an organization? Or do they have to earn it over time? And if they make a mistake or miss a commitment, do they immediately lose your […]

In part one of this discussion, we explored some of the dynamics associated with how managers are sometimes “left out of” agile transformation conversations. Here we continue discussing what each of us can do to change those less than helpful postures into something a bit more constructive. Instead of “bashing” or “removing”, what about… Instead […]

In my last post I talked about a tendency some organizations (and individuals) have in jumping on the latest fad in building software teams and the methods for producing value. Beyond jumping on tactical or practice bandwagon’s, there appears to be a war going on related to traditional hierarchical organizational structures and traditional line or […]

As I learn and grow my agile experience, I continue to find value and power in the notion of transparency. It’s one of the softer of the agile tenets and one that gets mentioned often, but rarely emphasized as a critical success factor. So what is transparency? Let me give you an example. In many […]

I’d like to begin this post by trying to describe some of the anti-patterns or characteristics of non-transparent work behaviors. This list will probably not be complete, but it should give you a sense of the other side of the fence. There are several show-stopping defects in your current code base and you are either […]