Agile adoption
In his book Agile Reflections, Robert Galen has aggregated multiple articles that he wrote about transitioning to Agile for the online publication PM Times. The book is based on his experience as in Agile coach helping companies in different phases of their transition to Agile software development.
Many organisations have been swept up in agile process adoption, with good reasons! The Agile Party is coming to a close and many organisations are now beginning to look at where they are and have come to the disheartening realisation that, rather than in a new world of embracing change and competitiveness, they have a lot of new processes, not much to show for it, and people are disillusioned enough to begin to revert to older, familiar ways… This is the unfortunate age of the ‘agile hangover’.
Adopting new software development approaches like Agile and Scrum is always a challenge. There is a natural tendency for part of an organization to resist changing and some prejudices exist against Agile, mainly due to a lack of knowledge. This article discusses these misconceptions and provides some tips on how to overcome these prejudices to get Agile adoption on track in your organization.
Like many IT organizations in state government agencies, this New York State Government Agency primarily used Waterfall. I implemented the agency’s first agile projects. I was challenged by the agency’s unique environment, learned lessons, discovered systemic problems, overcame organizational obstacles and changed misconceptions. I will discuss what I’ve learned during this award-winning project and make recommendations for others in bureaucratic companies and government agencies. The agency’s projects are moving to agile/scrum and the institution’s IT group is incorporating agile into its PM and SDLC methodologies.
Implementing Scrum is difficult and it is always difficult to answer the question of where to start this Agile Travel. In this article, Ilan Goldstein shares 10 tried-and-tested steps to help new practitioners get their Scrum show on the road.
Implementing Scrum is difficult and there might be nothing better than taking time and making mistakes to adopt Agile successfully. This being said, ” Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners” by Ilan Goldstein is a book that can help you to choose better trails when you explore some of the Scrum practices.
As Rex Lester explains in this article: “Implementing Scrum involves adoption of a new paradigm across the organization. In most instances, the severe level of culture shift and change aren’t really appreciated”. The article discusses the difficulties of moving an organization from a Waterfall process to an Agile approach.
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