Everyone is talking about Agile, from CEOs to software engineers. But Agile has a lot of missing pieces, and it’s hard to find the signal in all the noise. Here’s the missing manual…
What is Agility? A definition
It surprisingly hard to find a good definition of agility. The Oxford English Dictionary describes agile as, “ability to move quickly and easily”. But this definition is lacking. Agile is about more than being quick…
Why Agile Matters
The success of Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon all have something in common…
How to measure agility
Here’s a clue. The Agile Manifesto says, “Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer…”
The core of Agile
Products compete in a landscape that is constantly changing, and changing unpredictably…
The core of Agile: part 2
Modern management was invented in the 1900s by a man named Frederick Taylor. He believed that factories would be far more productive if managers made all the decisions, and workers simply did as they were told…
How To Measure Agility: Part 2
In Part 1 we measured outcomes. Now let’s look at measuring outputs…
Agile: The Missing Techniques
(1) Thin Slicing. (2) INVEST. (3) Find the bottleneck.
Agile: The Missing Principles
Agile principles stack ranked, with “non principles” for comparison…
What Agile feels like
Agility is hard, but the alternative is harder…
The Elements of Agile
Outcomes, outputs, inputs and foundations.