I help organizations define, plan for and achieve transformation on multiple levels. Based on my background in Risk Management, Risk-Based Thinking and Risk-Based Problem Solving, I have defined a multi-disciplinary approach to Agile Enterprise Risk Management. I have immersed myself in current technologies and disciplines, including a variety of programming languages (JavaScript, Node.js, Python), Cloud architectures (certifications in AWS), CI/CD, DevOps and AI/ML. Digital transformation is a must for any company aspiring to sustainability and these technologies and capabilities are key to it.
In the previous article, we looked at two Ever-Successful NFL teams, the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, who seem to be able… Read More »Exploding vs. Imploding: What the NFL Has to Teach Us About Managing Agile Enterprises, Part II
A few days ago, I responded to a post on LinkedIn about how Google seems to always find a way to keep ahead of the… Read More »Ever-Successful vs. Never-Successful: What the NFL Has to Teach Us About Managing Agile Enterprises, Part I
A Solution is Not a Product Solution, Deliverable, Product, Work Product and other terms are often used interchangeably to describe output from development initiatives. However,… Read More »Solution vs. Product-Implications for Agile Development
Ready, Fire, Aim is often used disparagingly to describe how incompetent operators perpetrate disastrous projects on the dime of the companies for which they work. … Read More »Ready, Fire, Aim: the Path to Agility
I have done a lot of writing recently about these many referents and the Agile 2 Academy, with whom I am currently working. I’ve stressed the importance of attaining what I have been calling Business Agility and observed the many ways in which Agile and agile as they are currently practiced don’t necessarily contribute to it.
The world is watching the war Russia is waging against the Ukrainians. Most of it applauds how the Ukrainians adapt to a rapidly evolving environment and occasionally prevail. This article describes how the Ukrainian’s agility serves them quite well in the conflict.
If your business is going to survive, you must be able to read and react to changes in your markets and continuously improve your competitive… Read More »The Two Types of Agility You Need
In my previous article, I discussed Waterfall, WaterScrumFall, big-A Agile, and business agility. Dissonance abounds among organizations struggling to transition their approaches to building solutions… Read More »Can Starting with Waterfall Lead to Better Agile? Part II
Waterfall, WaterScrumFall, Agile and Agility We should all be aware that business agility is the primary enabler for companies seeking sustainability. In the past, companies… Read More »Can Starting with Waterfall Lead to Better Agile? Part I
In the Beginning . . . In days of yore, systems development projects were front-ended with laborious requirements engineering and design tasks. This made sense… Read More »Is Detailed Design Anti-Agile?
