On an Agile Journey
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Kata as a method for Target-Oriented Continuo...
On an Agile Journey · 24.06.2021Kata as a word probably first brings to mind the repetitious practice of moves in martial arts. And repetition is definitely the key in that learning...
Early Stage Business Development
On an Agile Journey · 09.04.2021The following post is not that directly concentrating on software development, but more in the early stage business development in B2B field. The...
Scaling Software Development
On an Agile Journey · 16.05.2020Software development is a team sport. It is true that even a single person can make huge contributions (like Linus Torvalds on Linux), but in most cases great results are produced by great...
Story about Software Lifecycle
On an Agile Journey · 28.12.2019This is a tale of a software lifecycle. It's fiction, but into what extent - I won't tell. It has been inspired by real events.The Beginning About seven years ago a big consumer company...
Value Stream Mapping SIPOC
On an Agile Journey · 21.04.2018I was this week in a workshop where we were introduced to a nice set of lean tools. 5 x why, fishbone and kano model were visited briefly, but most of the time we concentrated on value...
Leadership
On an Agile Journey · 07.04.2018A person starts to lead when she takes responsibility of something greater than just herself. Before this, she needs to learn to lead herself. This means she needs to take responsibility and make a decision to sit on...
Resilience
On an Agile Journey · 25.03.2018I was recently in a one day refresher training about coaching leadership. About one and a half years ago the original training was longer, couple of months. It included lots of assignments and pair learning with my...
Developers - Cost or Asset?
On an Agile Journey · 25.01.2018When things get big enough there might be functional silos that concentrate on specific activity. These could classically be something like sales, development, support and marketing. Of...
Employee Turnover and How To Avoid It
On an Agile Journey · 15.01.2018In the current market situation, software development professionals are the ultimate scarse resource. I'm not exaggerating if I say that these...
Walking Through a Process
On an Agile Journey · 24.11.2017I've recently started working part-time as an internal tutor in my organization. I could best characterize the tutor pool as having internal (agile) coaches available for different...
SAFe Evolution
On an Agile Journey · 14.10.2017I have been involved with SAFe for about five years now. We first started by taking inspiration from Dean Leffingwell's Scaling Software Agility book. Then we bumped into the SAFe big picture. I think it was something...
Implementing Communities of Practice - In Practice
On an Agile Journey · 06.09.2017Lately I've been suffering from a writer's block, because I stumble to the fact that I've already written about the topic I have in mind. I've...
Designing an Organization
On an Agile Journey · 12.07.2017In software development there's a common phrase that you should employ the best people, treat them well and get out of their way. What is many times forgotten is the fact that even the best...
Team Agility
On an Agile Journey · 16.03.2017I'm not really much of a manager. Probably a slightly better coach, but mostly I'm a leader. I can give people direction and help them find the path. I don't like to tell them exactly what steps to take, just where I...
Lean Morning Routines
On an Agile Journey · 18.02.2017This post was inspired by dear wife. She called me lazy. Partially that's true, but I prefer to think that I pick my battles. One of the things that I'm really efficient in is my morning...
Defining and Documenting Processes
On an Agile Journey · 29.12.2016I have previously been a process owner. I've improved existing processes via different tools and techniques. Audited practices and interviewed...
New Agile Framework
On an Agile Journey · 24.11.2016I have been involved in agile software development for quite a few years now, and for the last couple in various process oriented roles. So, I was really excited when I was involved in defining a new agile methodology....
More Lean Cooking
On an Agile Journey · 18.09.2016In the series of daily life inspired posts, I return to one of my favorite subjects: cookery. This time I was making some vegetable casserole. I needed to peel and shred some carrots and I fell into the age old...
Lean Berry Picking
On an Agile Journey · 11.09.2016In Finland we have a rather nice concept called freedom to roam (jokamiehenoikeudet). It grants a big bunch of different rights that you can utilize while wandering in the nature. For example you can camp or pick...
The Napa Years
On an Agile Journey · 08.06.2016This post will be even longer than what I usually write, almost like a short novel. (Disclaimer: it might take longer than one toilet break to finish. ;) ) It will be a story of extremely talented colleagues, supportive...
Reaching the Next Level
On an Agile Journey · 24.05.2016When a new programmer starts writing code, s/he requires detailed specifications and clear requirements. The understanding is on a level "I need to get this piece of code working". There's...
Sales & Teaching
On an Agile Journey · 17.05.2016Last week I participated in a value sales training (given by Talent Vectia) where I learned that 70 percent of sales representatives do not prepare for a customer visit at all. I could guess there's a correlation...
How to Set Up a System Testing Team
On an Agile Journey · 02.05.2016In my previous post I touched the topic of legacy modification. It is a difficult stunt to pull. Or well, in a perfect world with a well maintained...
Paved with Good Intentions
On an Agile Journey · 12.04.2016How Local Optimization May Result in Failure Sometimes when you remove a rusty bolt from a system of nuts and bolts and clean it up, it may not fit the original context anymore. In...
How Epics Flow Through Our Value Chain
On an Agile Journey · 25.03.2016If you are familiar with my previous posts, you probably know that I'm a Release Train Engineer. But as I've told, that's not all I do. Nowadays I'm...
Technology Adoption Life Cycle
On an Agile Journey · 21.03.2016I'm currently reading Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore. I have already before heard about the Technology Adoption Life cycle, but I've learned plenty of new things about it from this...
Tipping Point
On an Agile Journey · 10.03.2016After reading Malcolm Gladwell's Blink, I instantly became a fan of his work! So when I was last time buying new work related books from Amazon, I also got Gladwell's Tipping Point. Here's a short review of some main...
Problems in Working Together
On an Agile Journey · 03.03.2016Maybe from my posts people can get a false idea that everything always goes as planned. Well, it sure isn't like that. In the following story there's plenty of lessons to learn and things...
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