Adapt your sprint delivery, don't follow textbooks or best practices The question that is asked often by clients: How often do you release your product to your end users? How often do your end users see and use your product? Do you release in sync with your Sprint length, is it after the Sprint Review? Is the Sprint Review meeting the only valid release point? When do you plan your releases? Always adapt your Scrum and Continuous Delivery to build the right thing, - EVERY COMPANY IS DIFFERENT this takes time at the start to get used to working in this type of environment when implemented properly, release it as planned to ultimately deliver superior value to your customers. Its exactly the same as you ever wondered why your fingers are different sizes? In short, our fingers are uneven for various reasons, and all theories suggest the evolution of the hand is tightly related to its functionality , same as sprint delivery every company functions differently. Below a step by step approach that you should adapt to your company needs:
Scrum vs Kanban cheat sheet A friend of mine Mark sent me this excellent image that depicts the difference between Scrum vs Kanban , the image takes a complex idea that he breaks down to summarize the key deltas about both approaches.
The 3 Kinds of People You Want on Your New Strategic Project This question comes up quite often, here is my take: When you’re staffing a high-profile project, you want an all-star team. But it’s not enough to put your high performers on the task. There are three types of people who should be on the team of any breakthrough initiative. First, look for people who are comfortable with uncertainty. You need individuals who will remain curious and focused even when the project is far from the end goal. Second, be sure you have people who create structure within chaos and take action. These workers can drive a team forward even when circumstances change. Finally, find people who have a combination of three critical traits: divergent thinking (the ability to connect seemingly unrelated information and ideas); convergent action (the ability to execute on ideas and create something tangible); and influential communication (the ability to share knowledge in a coherent, compelling way). Lots of people have one of these critical traits, but your project team needs to have all of them.
