I would like to share with you a very simple and quite powerful technique for improving the rate at which work can be released, which was was introduced to me recently. As I often stress, our goal as Agile practitioners should alway be to deliver the maximum value as early as possible for the lowest […]
Agile training … with Lego?
Agile workshops and courses, Lego included! Sometimes, when I mention we use Lego as part of our Agile training and certification courses, I get some odd looks. Yes, I really mean we use Lego, those wonderful coloured plastic bricks that kids have so much fun with. So how and why do we use Lego to […]
What are “Agile” and “DevOps”, really?
There is lots of hype, and many products, frameworks, methodologies, tools, etc. on the market purporting to be “Agile” or “DevOps”. But what do these terms really mean and how does one become more “Agile” or do “DevOps”. Whilst there are lots of details we could discuss for hours and which hardly anyone will agree […]
The Swiss Agile Association at the PMI EMEA Congress 2018
As President of the Swiss Agile Association, I was pleased to have the opportunity recently to attend and represent the SAA at the Project Management Institute (PMI) EMEA Congress 2018 in Berlin, Germany. As I am sure you are aware, the Project Management Institute (PMI), is one of the world’s leading project management organization with […]
The Swiss Agile Association presents The Agile Fluency™ Game in Switzerland
The Swiss Agile Association is pleased to announce that the Agile Fluency™ Game is coming to Switzerland. We are often asked how teams and organizations best approach adopting agile practices. Teams new to Agile development often find themselves surprised by frictions arising from the cultural shift, technical debt or simply struggling to make time to learn […]