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Last week I was on the scaling agile workshop at the amazing XPConf 2015 at Helsinki. Jutta Eckstein, the workshop presenter, the great Charlie Poole along with all workshop participants had a quick and great conversation about the term: scaling agile. Are we talking...
If you are a consultant working on a client, then you must have a concise and clear elevator pitch. Basically you meet another consultant on the elevator and she asks you: what is the name of that client of yours? What are you doing there? Here is mine: I help Sicredi...
Everyone should do it! At least once a month. A full day without any internet connection. I have just experienced it and I feel great. I was writing and thinking with myself and did not get distracted or interrupted by accessing email, WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook or...
On Friday, 29 May 2015 at the XPConf 2015 on Finland, Helsinki Paulo Caroli (Thoughtworks) and Taina Caetano (Thoughtworks). Fun Retrospectives: Activities and ideas for making agile retrospectives more engaging (Industry & Practice, 3 hours) Abstract: In order to...
Having first encountered OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) in Silicon Valley a decade ago, their resurgence in the agile community is met with optimism. Originally devised by Intel in the 1970s and embraced by tech giants like Google and Twitter, OKRs are now a global phenomenon, applied from startups to large corporations. The essence of OKRs lies in cascading objectives down the organizational hierarchy, providing a qualitative goal (Objective) and a set of measurable outcomes (Key Results). This framework, exemplified by templates like “I will (Objective) as measured by (Key Results),” acts as a bridge, connecting agile engineering practices with organizational performance management. Through real-world examples, this approach demonstrates its versatility, enabling businesses to set and achieve meaningful goals while fostering continuous growth and adaptability.
In 2015 I read Steve Blank post: Why ‘Build, Measure, Learn’ isn’t just throwing things against the wall to see if they work I always had a hard time dealing with the jump from the business model canvas to the agile engineering practices. After experimenting lots of...