The key difference between being Agile and doing Agile is thatbeing Agilemeans you believe in the values and principles set forth in the Agile Manifesto, whiledoing Agilenecessitates the use of modern tools, te
Doing Agile and Being Agile are different. Here is a popular infographic that explains what Agile really is and illustrates common misunderstandings about it: Doing Agile Doing Agile is about thepractices: standups, user stories, iterations, etc. There are significant benefits from using Agile pract...
In my experience, Scrum is the simplest way to get any team into agile. The framework is simple and well-documented. There's actually a manual. :) And most important, the roles are well defined. What I found a lot is that some places tend to use Scrum as a project management methodol...
Doing Agile without being Agile For Agile software development to be a success, it’s not enough for participants to simply do Agile. The organization itself must also be Agile. That may seem self-evident, but many software development projects fail when a team adopts an Agile metho...
Doing agileis like using a compass and paper maps, you may get to the destination without getting lost, but not sure thats the destination you are hoping for. Being agileis like using theGPS turn by turn navigation, it alarm you about next sharp turn ahead, it inform you to change the...
Long release cycles, deadlines being pushed back so one more feature could be added, features developed that didn’t solve the customer’s problem, hundreds of hours of manual testing, and on and on. All of this despite the fact we were “Doing Agile.” We had daily standups. We had ...
Tweak vs. Change Assessing Agile Practices We had always been a Scrum committed organization — we started lean and knew at some point we had to move towards a methodology that would scale as we grew. The agility it offers made for a great development experience, and its flexibility matched...
For decades, business leaders have been painfully aware of the huge chasm between their aspiration for a nimble, flexible enterprise and the reality of silos, sluggishness, and frustrated innovation. Today,Agileis being hailed as the essential bridge across that chasm. Agile, say its enthusiasts, ...
Franz Zieris, Stephan Salinger, Doing Scrum Rather Than Being Agile: A Case Study on Actual Nearshoring Practice, 2013 IEEE 8th International Conference on Global Sw Engineering, 2013, pp. 144-153Franz Zieris and Stephan Salinger. 2013. Doing scrum rather than being agile: A case study on ...
“agile rollout.” We created physical kanban boards on every empty wall in sight and held standups around them. In the meantime, the company was hiring traditional PMO project managers who were trying to put it all into MS Project, and some folks were trying to get traceability by plugging...