Category Archives: Agile transformation

Fewer feelings and more facts in agile systems, please!

Posted on 02/02/2021 by Annette V

This post is about how you can use metrics to facilitate continuous improvement and agility. This takes you from feeling agile to knowing that you are Continue reading →

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Is enterprise agility just an impossible dream?

Posted on 07/01/2021 by Annette V

Enterprise agility is difficult, but it can be done. See my recommendations in this post Continue reading →

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How Scrum and agile teams can benefit from Kanban

Posted on 05/05/2020 by Annette V

Setting the scene The agile wave has been rolling for more than 20 years now. It probably started as a reaction to the “old” bureaucratic, and heavy-weight project management methods and standards that at the end of the day could … Continue reading →

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From idealized agile pictures to agile realism

Posted on 20/01/2020 by Annette V

A few days ago I read a really interesting article by Jan Wischweh. The topic was “The agile crisis”. (It was published on Medium.) Jan W.’s article was spiced up with quotes by some of the agile heavyweights who back … Continue reading →

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Agile transformation is all about the willingness to change, but let me tell you a secret: not everyone or every organization embrace that change

Posted on 24/01/2019 by Annette V

For many years we have heard about the good things that will happen if organizations start increasing their agility, if projects become more agile, and if old habits are replaced with an agile mindset. The evidence is convincing. There are … Continue reading →

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How lack of real management support can kill agile ambitions

Posted on 08/07/2018 by Annette V

These days agile is the new black, and thanks for that! Having been an IT Project Manager for around 30 years, I have seen too many classic-style projects fail, because the budget or the time allocated to do the project … Continue reading →

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I HATE Transparency!!!

Posted on 11/09/2017 by Annette V

When I work with clients to help them transform towards higher organizational agility, I get lots of negative reactions to agile key principles. To many, these principles seem counter intuitive to their current way of working. But what disturbs the … Continue reading →

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Debunking 3 big myths about Kanban

Posted on 08/06/2017 by Annette V

Yesterday one of my guest post was published on the Kanbanize blog. The post was inspired by some real-life experiences I have had working on agile transformations for various clients but certainly kick-started by an incident on the private level. At a small birthday party we all had to … Continue reading →

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It’s all about change and change is here to stay

Posted on 31/12/2016 by Annette V

Happy New Year and welcome 2017 with all the change that it may bring! 2016 has gone almost too quickly. I have been absorbed in a couple of big organizational agile transformations, and change has certainly happened there. Going from a traditional mindset to … Continue reading →

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Scaled agile frameworks and methods? Don’t waste your time and money in an attempt to make the unworkable work

Posted on 14/08/2016 by Annette V

It has been a while since I have had a chance to write on my blog, and have I missed it! You may be a busy person too and want to go directly to my latest article on TechBeacon about why … Continue reading →

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