by Amit Kulkarni | Mar 24, 2016 | Agile Scrum
Let us understand the essence and Intent behind the definition of the Chicken and Pig roles which is used by many in context of the Scrum Teams. Let us consider the following fable while defining the 2 roles – The Pig and the Chicken : The fable was referenced to...
by Amit Kulkarni | Mar 22, 2016 | Agile Scrum
Cumulative Flow Diagrams are a wonderful tool to see trends and find bottlenecks in your delivery process. They are often used in Agile environments. Consider the example of a Website Development Project below. You will see a graph below. It shows the number of user...
by Amit Kulkarni | Mar 18, 2016 | Agile Scrum
Burn Down Chart Burn down chart is a good information Radiator which represents data quickly in a chart format. A sample burn down chart for a completed sprint, showing remaining effort and tasks for each of the sprint is shown below. The sprint burn down chart is a...
by Amit Kulkarni | Mar 7, 2016 | Agile Scrum
Agile is a philosophy and a mindset. Agile is not a methodology. Agile consists of a set of methodologies and frameworks which fulfill certain aspects of the Agile Manifesto described earlier. I look at Agile as a umbrella with various agile methodology and frameworks...
by Amit Kulkarni | Feb 15, 2016 | Agile Scrum
Scrum Alliance Coaching Retreat Goa – Feb 2016 I recently attended the Scrum Alliance Coaching Retreat (SCR) at Goa, India from 31st Jan thru Feb 2nd. It was a very good event to network and learn. Here are some details of the event The Objective and the group...
by Amit Kulkarni | Feb 11, 2016 | Agile Scrum
Information radiators are meant to display information at a public place so that the information can be noticed by as many people as possible without making a conscious effort to do so. The idea of information radiator was invented by Alister Cockburn, who was a big...
by Amit Kulkarni | Jan 25, 2016 | Lean
Toyota developed the Toyota production system (TPS). TPS borrowed ideas from ford but developed the just in time philosophy (JIT) pull concept to address the issues or high cost associated with fords large inventories. The Toyota production system in an integrated...
by Amit Kulkarni | Jan 21, 2016 | Agile Scrum
Defined vs Empirical Defined Processes Every piece of work is completely understood Defined process can be started and allowed to run with same results every time They provide repeatability and predictability Empirical Processes Expects the unexpected Because the...
by Amit Kulkarni | Jan 18, 2016 | Agile Scrum
Scrum is an iterative and incremental Agile framework for solving complex adaptive problems. Its focus is on “a flexible, holistic product development strategy where the Scrum Team works as a unit to reach a common goal” as opposed to a “traditional,...
by Amit Kulkarni | Jan 8, 2016 | Agile Scrum
While servant leadership is a timeless concept, the phrase “servant leadership” was coined by Robert K. Greenleaf in The Servant as Leader, an essay that he first published in 1970. In that essay, Greenleaf said: “The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with...
