Category Archives: Software Development

Planning Defects into the system

Why on earth do we do that? Team A, an Agile Release Train (ART), or the mythical Scrum team, has a lot of technical debt. In an effort to reduce the technical debt, management decides to create a bunch of new “container” “FEATURES” in the product backlog to address batches of defects. Because they wantContinue reading “Planning Defects into the system”

I&A Series – “As a member of the leadership team we need to see the portfolio roadmap with early warning signals / input for potential technical or schedule issues”

I started a new series of posts where I will answer some actual problems/ideas presented in an I&A problem solving workshop as part of open space facilitation. This is the second of a few dozen that I plan on covering. If you have any comments, please, let’s learn together.   Problem/Idea #2:   “As a member ofContinue reading “I&A Series – “As a member of the leadership team we need to see the portfolio roadmap with early warning signals / input for potential technical or schedule issues””

Tushar Paunikar: You Always Have A Choice!!!

Reblogged with permission from Tushar Paunikar, the original author of this content, as a contributor to blogagility.com. Originally published on LinkedIn August 3, 2017.   You always have a choice! If you think about it, you always have a choice. No matter how hard it is to accept, but you always have a choice. TheContinue reading “Tushar Paunikar: You Always Have A Choice!!!”

Tushar Paunikar: Agile and the KRA Conundrum

Reblogged with permission from Tushar Paunikar, the original author of this content, as a contributor to blogagility.com. Originally published on LinkedIn, November 22, 2016.   Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives. -Viktor E. Frankl Metrics drive behavior. I bet all would agree. We have experiencedContinue reading “Tushar Paunikar: Agile and the KRA Conundrum”