tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post7450696903813179220..comments2023-07-29T09:15:17.416+01:00Comments on allan's blog - Agile & Digital Business: 10 Things to make you Agile adoption successfullallan kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06262139490250478379noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-42930329413097722982012-05-28T13:05:39.609+01:002012-05-28T13:05:39.609+01:00Some comments from my recent pain.
Point 7 - (gus...Some comments from my recent pain.<br /><br />Point 7 - (gush) There are definite benefits to working in an agile way and there is definite traceability between the practices and the benefits. I started to work some of this out what I worked at Barclays. If you're not clear on the benefits how can you know if agile is working better for you.<br /><br />Point 9 - (double gush) the projects that worked best were the ones where we identified and worked with the real process/product owner. The ones that failed were where the process or product owner was too busy and left us with an analyst who knew little more than we did.<br /><br />Point 10 - (triple gush) this was the biggest killer from the technical team perspective on a daily basis. The other siloed teams we had to work with slowed us to a crawl. To be fair, it wasn't their fault but they were timesliced to blazes which meant that we spent a lot of time waiting for them or inventing ways of not having to wait for them.Andy Longshawhttp://www.blueskyine.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-24766873513403392592012-05-21T15:12:27.297+01:002012-05-21T15:12:27.297+01:00What is it about the physical board that helps? I...What is it about the physical board that helps? I've worked in organisations that only use physical, and I've worked in organisations that only use GreenHopper (they went from physical to GreenHopper). Both were very successful when it came to doing agile, but recently, the one using physical started working with people in a geographically separate locations. That has caused major issues, where the company using GreenHopper had no problems.<br /><br />I prefer GreenHopper, because it is a permanent record for conversations/decisions on stories, and solves all the problems with boards getting out of sync with issue trackers. As for the walking past getting instant updates, we had large monitors that permanently displayed the task board and burn down chart, so anyone walking past not only gets an instant update on current task status, but also gets to see the burn down chart.<br /><br />I've never had anyone explain to me why a physical board is actually better than using GreenHopper (I haven't used any other tools so I can't comment on them), other than "it's physical so it's easier to work with". And all the people that have said that have never tried just using GreenHopper. All the advantages I've ever seen of having a physical board can be achieved using GreenHopper and dedicated task board monitors.James Roperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951670449947800923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-54577562179213912662012-05-18T12:53:30.318+01:002012-05-18T12:53:30.318+01:00Allan, great article.
I totally agree with your p...Allan, great article.<br /><br />I totally agree with your point about the physical board. <br /><br />A board by its very nature is out in the open for all to see. Anyone walking past gets an instant update.<br /><br />It presents a focal point where people can gather and quickly resolve problems.<br /><br />SteveStephen Webb Developerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09809793164640581162noreply@blogger.com