Tag Archives: Agile

Agile Marketing: The 4 Habits of Adaptable Marketers

Susan Hallam — May 28, 2020 Rapidly changing economic conditions and the resulting ambiguity and uncertainty means you may need to discard all your previous business planning. Now is the time to revisit your marketing thinking. Here are 4 practical habits you can adopt to become an agile and adaptable marketer, deliver results more rapidly … Continue reading Agile Marketing: The 4 Habits of Adaptable Marketers →

How Agile Leaders Create Agility – 3 Key Steps

Leadership Skills

Anthony Mersino — May 20, 2020 The Scrum Alliance recently partnered with Forbes Insights to conduct a study of Agile Leaders and Agile Transformation success. The study was published as “The Elusive Agile Enterprise” in November, 2018. Though there were few major surprises in the results, there were some interesting tidbits. The study was conducted … Continue reading How Agile Leaders Create Agility – 3 Key Steps →

How to build an agile marketing organization without authority

Marketing Strategy

Many agile marketing teams have successfully been launched by passionate team members willing to challenge the status quo in a forward-thinking way. Stacey Ackerman on April 13, 2020 While a lot of marketers who are new to agile marketing think it’s a process change, but that’s only a small piece of the puzzle (and that’s … Continue reading How to build an agile marketing organization without authority →

Agile Leader Role During an Agile Transformation Part 2

Digital Transformation

Anthony Mersino — April 9, 2020 In part 1 of this article, we looked at the definition of Agile Transformation and talked about the 4 key focus areas of Agile Leaders. In part 2 of this article, we will explore the Characteristics that Agile Leaders Need the Most. Finally, we discuss an uncomfortable truth that … Continue reading Agile Leader Role During an Agile Transformation Part 2 →

Agile Leader Role During an Agile Transformation

Digital Transformation

Anthony Mersino — April 6, 2020 What is the Agile Leader Role during an Agile Transformation? Agile Transformations are a popular activity right now. If you are an agile leader, you may be wondering what is the role that you play in an Agile Transformation. This 2-part article begins with what is meant by Agile … Continue reading Agile Leader Role During an Agile Transformation →

How MOPs teams are staying agile as remote work becomes the norm

Remote Work Environment

Agile expert and coach Stacey Ackerman says it’s important to have a strong facilitator to make sure everyone is actively participating in the conversation. Amy Gesenhues on March 25, 2020 When the agile movement first began, one of the founding principles was ‘face-to-face’ communication, according to Stacey Ackerman, an agile expert and founder of Agilify, … Continue reading How MOPs teams are staying agile as remote work becomes the norm →

Remote Agile (Part 1): Practices & Tools for Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Product Owners

Remote Work Environment

Stefan Wolpers — March 20, 2020 TL; DR: Remote Agile, Part 1: Practices & Tools for Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Product Owners Agile has always been about colocation, about direct communication, physical boards, and all the other haptic and analog moments to create value in the digital realm. As a Professional Scrum Trainer, I … Continue reading Remote Agile (Part 1): Practices & Tools for Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Product Owners →

Agile Forecasting Techniques for the Next Decade

Project Management

Louis-Philippe Carignan — March 18, 2020 The Old Farmer’s Almanac is the oldest continuously published periodical in North America. It was first published in 1792 by Robert B. Thomas who wanted an almanac “to be useful with a pleasant degree of humor. Many long-time Almanac followers claim that its forecasts are 80% to 85% accurate. … Continue reading Agile Forecasting Techniques for the Next Decade →

So You Have Implemented Agile: Now What?

Project Management

Hassan Mansoor — March 12, 2020 mary1826 / Pixabay You’ve finally committed to adopting an agile methodology within your company. Now what? Some businesses may find that they follow Agile loosely, bringing less effective results and frustration. Other companies may drift back to their old way of project management and development. Just think—do you want … Continue reading So You Have Implemented Agile: Now What? →

That Agile Training Course Probably Wont Work…

Project Management

Jay Rahman — March 12, 2020 ‘So’ – I asked, ‘How was the training course?’ ‘Amazing’, said the newly minted ‘Super Agile Scrums Mechanical Engineer’. ‘Cool, what did you learn…? ‘ ‘I learned about all this amazing agile scrum stuff!’ replied the eager chap ‘Great,’ I smiled, ’so what are you doing differently?’ ‘Excuse me?’ … Continue reading That Agile Training Course Probably Wont Work… →