Should Agile be used as Your Portfolio Manager?

A part 2 of yesterday’s blog postbased on this related podcast and transcription: Leffingwell on the Lean Agile Train. Dean Leffingwell is a consultant, entrepreneur, software executive and technical author who provides product strategy, business advisory services and enterprise-level agility coaching to large software enterprises. An excerpt from the podcast: Joe: When we go into Read More …

Keys to Building a Lean Agile Software Enterprise

Dean Leffingwell is a consultant, entrepreneur, software executive and technical author who provides product strategy, business advisory services and enterprise-level agility coaching to large software enterprises. Related Podcast and Transcription: Leffingwell on the Lean Agile Train An excerpt from the podcast: Joe:  What are the keys to building a Lean-Agile software enterprise? Dean:  Working towards Read More …

Can You Assign Work Better?

Jim Benson returns to the Business901 podcast next week. His company Modus Cooperandi combine Lean principles from manufacturing, Agile methodologies from software design, and the communications revolutions of social media, as process and tool infrastructure. Jim is best known for his seminal work, Personal Kanban. He is @ourfounder on Twitter. Our conversation centered on his new Read More …

Can An Introvert Tell A Good Story?

Claudio, aka Agile Sensei, is an independent Lean & Agile software development consultant, public speaker and dramatic storytelling journeyman. He offers vital transformational leadership and management experience to help individuals and organizations achieve phenomenal improvements. His current work on Lean Enterprise Architecture is set to enable tighter strategy alignment and collaboration between business and IT Read More …

Past Thoughts on Lean and Agile

James Coplien in a past Business901 Podcast (Related Podcast and Transcription: Is Architecture Needed in Agile?) gave an interesting overview of Lean and Agile. Not sure I can do it justice with just this excerpt but see if interest you enough to go to the long version above. You can find Jim at Gertrud & Read More …

Are You Deploying It or Winging It?

Often times, I wonder if software developers are really deploying something or just winging it. So, who better to ask than Mary and Tom Poppendieck. Related Podcast and Transcription:  Leaders in Lean Software Knowledge Joe:  Data is still king though, isn’t it? I mean, we have to deploy something. We have to be able to measure Read More …