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Yesterday I was the founder and sole “beneficial owner” of Agilesphere, today Agilesphere is a mutual owned and controlled by it’s members, I am one of 3 members and we are in discussion with a dozen more like minded folk. So why do we think this is the right thing to do for us as individuals and Agilesphere as an …
As a coach, I’m often asked to take a look at how an agile organisation or team is working and give my opinion as to if they are set up for success. These are they key things that I look for: 1. The walls talk You should be able to walk any newcomer round your project space and have them …
It is the season for sharing so here’s a prioritisation exercise with a festive twist to highlight the pros and cons of different styles of prioritisation. The idea came from a conversation last year with my daughter when she asked for us to have Christmas at home but with minimum stress for everyone, particularly mum. We discussed this light-heartedly for …
Agilesphere has been developed to provide everything needed to fully embed Agile in any organisation. Our training coaching mentoring and delivery services have been developed through years of experience of delivering business change and software using Agile techniques. Our aim is to ensure that your people and processes completely embrace the need and disciplines to keep projects and programmes relevant …
Firstly let’s be clear that we believe that the Chasm Model applies because Agile is a “discontinuous innovation that requires the end user and the marketplace to dramatically change their past behaviour to achieve the promise of equally dramatic new benefits”. Secondly it is worth noting that while this model is focused on technology providers such as VersionOne, Thoughtworks Studios, …
The technology adoption lifecycle summarises how communities respond to discontinuous innovation, i.e. new products that require the end user and the marketplace to dramatically change their past behaviour to achieve the promise of equally dramatic new benefits. Past examples of this are fax machines, personal computers, spreadsheets and electronic mail. The original work from as early as the 1950’s has …
In one sentence; Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) is an Agile project delivery framework covering all aspects of change delivery from project initiation to benefits realisation. At the core of DSDM are similar principles and practices to all other Agile methods i.e.: Breaking business requirements into small components – user stories Prioritising these components according to the business need Delivering, …
Agile has proved its worth in many organisations by improving the delivery and quality of software projects. This is particularly true of the use of Agile to deliver new “digital” services that harness the power, cost efficiencies and reach of the web to disrupt existing business models or create new industries. There is, however, a big difference between implementing Agile …
This post has been brewing for a while. I nearly wrote on the topic of getting business engagement in projects in January when I was asked how to do it twice in the space of 48 hours but it seemed like this question was the tip of an iceberg. I’ve rarely had a problem with getting business engagement in my deliveries in fact …
This is one of our ‘ways of working’ blog posts focussed on what we offer and how we work with our clients. If you are building a digital service in government, it will be important that you operate within Government Digital Service (GDS) guidelines specifically referencing the Service Design Manual and adhering to the Digital by Default Service Standard, including passing the related assessments …
