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Lead Time vs Cycle Time: A Bedtime Story about Beer and Mustangs

By Robert Pieper /

My friend John is a delivery lead at a local Chicago software firm. He’s trying to get the hang of using metrics to help improve the performance of software development in his organization. He was originally looking at lead time and cycle time but was really confused after some internet research. It seems many people…

5 Things about What Must Management Do for a Successful Agile Transformation

By Jordan Job /

Successful agile transformation requires significant changes in how an organization works. Those changes require altering the way people do their work every single day. Getting people to change the way they work is (theoretically) simple. You have to explain the change you want to see, get them to buy in, give them what they need…

Use Scrum to Say Goodbye to Risk in Hardware Development

By Robert Pieper /

Companies who build hardware often ask if it’s possible to benefit from Scrum. In order to answer this question, I need to first introduce you to my friend Risk. Risk is a terrible friend. Risk likes to keep information about the future from me and show up when I least expect. Risk has a very…

The Scrum Master is a full-time role? What does a Scrum Master do all day?

By Robert Pieper /

If you’re new to the role of a Scrum Master, you might think you have to facilitate all the events, take notes and schedule outlook meetings. Turns out you don’t have to do any of that! Watch to learn more.

7 vital differences between Agile adoption and agile transformation

By Jordan Job /

In my experience working with organizations that are transforming how they work, many people misunderstood what the goals of the transformation are. This is often the result of not understanding the difference between an Agile adoption and agile transformation. In this post we’ll look at the differences between Agile adoption and agile transformation. First I’ll…