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7 tell-tale signs of fake agile

CIO

The same is not true, sadly, for many agile project management and development initiatives. Too often, an organization may launch something that looks like an agile program, calls itself an agile program, claims to operate like an agile program, yet really isn’t an agile program in the least.

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Agile Book Club: Team Dynamics

James Shore

Team dynamics form the bedrock of Agile teams’ ability to develop and deliver software. They’re the invisible undercurrents that determine your team’s culture. In this session, Diana Larsen and Linda Rising help us explore the dynamics that make and break Agile teams. Team Dynamics. ??

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How Developer Observability is Transforming Dev Role

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

As we embrace the reliability, agility, and innovative potential of the multi-cloud environment, observability in DevOps grows more critical. Alongside streamlined processes and collaborative efficiency, DevOps teams need real-time access to detailed, correlative, context-rich data and analytics. Let’s get into it. Let’s get into it.

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10 digital transformation roadblocks — and 5 tips for overcoming them

CIO

Poor execution Even the best plans can fail if execution is poor. This may require hiring outside experts and/or investing in training and development for existing staff. This may require hiring outside experts and/or investing in training and development for existing staff.

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Agile Book Club: Scaling Agility

James Shore

This book club was about scaling agility, and we had a fantastic special guest joining us: Bas Vodde. LeSS is one of the earliest and most popular Agile scaling approaches, and my go-to recommendation for organizations looking to scale Agile. Team-level coaching capabililty is an important part of scaling agility.

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Agile Book Club: Task Planning & Capacity

James Shore

These are all at the heart of how teams plan their day-to-day work, and that’s what we talk about in this book club session. Discussion prompts: There are two main approaches to task planning on Agile teams: time boxes (Sprints and iterations) and continuous flow (also known as Kanban). How can teams improve their capacity?

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Agile Book Club: Psychological Safety (with Gitte Klitgaard)

James Shore

It’s vital for team-based work. Gitte is an Agile coach, trainer, and mentor focusing on helping organizations implement psychological safety, responsibility, and accountability, and she wrote the section on safety in the book. Have you worked on a team where somebody had trouble speaking up? What did you do to help them?

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