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Going Traditional or Going Agile

SkillQuo

This is a necessity so that clients can pay for not only the consultant’s time, but also for overhead, SGA expenses, and weekly travel and hotel stay for the consultant’s on-site requirements. When should you consider an agile alternative? Share This: The post Going Traditional or Going Agile appeared first on SkillQuo Blog.

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Leadership Tip #11: Substitute the Word Trust for Empower

Johanna Rothman

We talk a lot about empowered or self-organizing teams in the agile community. When Mark Kilby and I wrote From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , we said the easiest way to create a system that worked for the team was for the team to create its own board. Agile Approaches Require Management Cultural Change.

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7 Tool Tips for Your Newly Distributed or Remote Team

Johanna Rothman

In From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , Mark and I discussed the two competing theories of communication. When I travel, I use my laptop on my lap. Read Defining “Scaling” Agile, Part 6: Creating the Agile Organization for a more complete definition of the model or Change is Inevitable on my other blog.).

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Leadership Tip #13: For Innovation, Remove at Least One Policy or Procedure a Week

Johanna Rothman

Now, these same managers want business agility. The more we remove, the more agility or improvement we might see. As the teams used agile approaches, they requested more and more frequent deployments. Or, the person must adhere to onerous policies, especially for travel, to get reimbursed.

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A Partner in Change and Transformation

Brimstone Consulting

As the COVID-19-pandemic unfolded, we were guided by our values , and we drew on our agility and resilience. We acted quickly to close our office, suspend travel, and help our people and our clients. We also worked quickly to reimagine and retool our programs for delivery via Zoom, Teams, and WebEx.

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Teams Need to See Each Other—Eventually

Johanna Rothman

” And, the Wall Street Journal has this article, Business Travel Won’t Be Taking Off Soon Amid Coronavirus (you might need to subscribe to see the article). (I See Lessons Learned from Leading Workshops About Geographically Distributed Agile Teams for data from some of my previous workshops.). Work from home, as long as you want.”

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Conferences Speakers and “Making Room” for Other Voices

Johanna Rothman

I already limit my travels (and have before the virus), so I don't speak “everywhere.” Especially in the agile community, I see a lot of the same-old, same-old. I suggested that my withdrawal might mean he got more white men in the program. “Oh,” he said. Let me set a few facts straight. I am a white woman.)