Author: Gil Broza

Why Agile Practices Fail

“Agile doesn’t work” pitfall #1: Organizations adopt practices, but practices are only effective when executed with the mindset (values, beliefs, and principles) that gave rise to them.

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Agile Values: You Need the Whole Set

“Agile doesn’t work” pitfall #2: Rather than take the entire set, companies approach them piecemeal and therefore don’t achieve the potential.

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Agile Is a System Thing

“Agile doesn’t work” pitfall #3: The Agile approach is designed for the entire system of value delivery, but companies apply it mostly in the build part.

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How to Finish More Work

I often get this question: “My team works hard, but we struggle to achieve sprint goals and to finish as many stories/tasks as we’d like. What can we do?”READ MORE

Where Do WIP Limits Matter Most?

You know what WIP limits are. But what do they apply to?READ MORE

Addressing a Blind Spot of Alignment

Leaders know the importance of articulating the vision, mission, and goals and aligning everyone to them. There’s another important matter to determine and align to, but it’s sometimes missed.
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Use This Simple Habit to Create Safety

Your behaviours as a leader affect the level of psychological safety your team feels, and thereby the outcomes they achieve.READ MORE

Team Size and Faulty Accepted Wisdom

You know that a team should be 5-9 people? Let’s poke holes in that jewel of accepted wisdom.READ MORE

A Strategy for Greater Agility and Efficiency

Of all the strategies for increasing agility and efficiency, a particularly powerful one is to defer commitments.READ MORE

Metrics Are not All Good or Evil

The use of metrics continues to be a touchy subject in the development space. Managers use them, coaches get nervous about their use, and team members are stuck in the middle.READ MORE