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Removing the architectural bottleneck
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Agile Culture
Scrum Roles and Expectations activity
This post shares a good activity to foster the conversation about the Scrum roles and their...
User Stories and Business Hypothesis
As I find myself diving deeper into the Lean Start up and the Lean Analytics world, I start questioning some of the Agile practices that been have followed me on every single Agile project I worked on. For instance: the User Story. As a < type of user...
Continuous Huddling
Continuous Huddling is a software delivery practice where the members of a team huddle frequently. This practice encompasses analyzing, guiding the development, validating and communicating about the work requirements with the right people at the right time. Teams...
Stable System, WIP limit and Pull System
On myprevious blog post, I wrote that WIP limit and Pull system are the guiding rules that make a system stable. I decided to make a visual representation for Stable System, and explore the what-if conditions for WIP limit and Pull System. ...
Little’s law and stable systems
Little’s law is defined in terms of stable systems. On my previous post, I have described my bar as a stable system: “Whenever a bottle finishes, I remove it from the bar. Then I open a new one, and add it to the bar. My bar is a stable system: the rate at which...
Continuous Delivery: lead time and cycle time
I have seen quite a few people mixing up these terms: lead time and cycle time. I am not sure about the reason for the confusion. I think Continuous Delivery provides a great example for explaining each one of these important parameters: lead time and cycle...
Leader, your team is not in the meeting room!
Leaders should stop wasting time on inefficient meetings. First, the meetings for planning how the team will work. Soon after, the meeting for following up on the previous meetings. Then, the combination of people and meetings just explodes. The excessive number of...