(Note: The article was first published on http://www.observationpointblog.com ) With the fast pace of change in the communications industry, telecom operators need to adapt at lightning speed to stay ahead of the game and serve their customers better. However the pace of change is so fast, that the operators find themselves in a constant state […]
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Too often you hear teams that crib – #agile does not work for them. They are getting the same results as waterfall or actually they are worse off than before. When you talk to them and dig deeper, more often it would turn out they are focusing primarily on planning/process improvements – refining their Scrum,
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Recently I have too often been asked the question how do we do requirement traceability during Agile development. More often these questions arise in large transformation service delivery projects, especially those that originate from a RFP/RFI kind of process. These have requirements specified upfront for which the vendor provided a compliance matrix for and agreed
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Systemic problems in enterprises typically involve multiple goals, conflicts and many possible actions that could be considered to resolve them. They would fall in the complex category if we will use the Cynefin framework. The number of interacting sub systems and their interactions are typically so large that it’s almost impossible to draw a cause
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Leading Change : Why Transformation Efforts Fail by Dr John Kotter is seminal work in the field of change management. It put forth a step by step guide of what to do if we want lasting change. However is step by step really good? Step by step approach is fundamentally linear thinking in a deterministic
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An attempt to see #agile from the context of #complexity theory and why compromising on the basics won’t help us be agile. A good understanding of #complexity theory and application would help to have a robust agile implementation.
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Imagine there’s no deadlines It’s easy if you try No plan upon us Respond now, Say hi Imagine all the people Living for the sprint…… Imagine there’s no debt It isn’t hard to do Always check the SONAR And JENKINS too Imagine all the people STOPPING as Build Fails You may say I’m a dreamer
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Today @Vinaya and I approached a challenge using the Causal Loop diagram technique. We tried it for the first time and it was refreshing and fun. If you already know what Causal Loop Diagrams are, its great; if not suggest you have a look Causal Loop Diagram – Wikipedia and causal loop diagrams little known analytical
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