"Agile" Does Not Work for?You?
Stefan Wolpers
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Your team is supposed to use an agile approach, such as Scrum. But you have a years-long backlog, your standups are individual status reports, and you’re still multitasking.
You and your team members wish you had the chance to do great work, but this feels a lot like an “agile” death march.
There’s a reason you feel that way. You’re using fake agility?—?a waterfall lifecycle masquerading as an agile approach. Worse, fake agility is the norm in our industry.
Now, there is light at the end of the tunnel; let’s delve into Tackling Fake Agility with Johanna Rothman!
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Abstract: Tackling Fake?Agility
Your team is supposed to use an agile approach, such as Scrum. But you have a years-long backlog, your standups are individual status reports, and you’re still multitasking. You and your team members wish you had the chance to do great work, but this feels a lot like an “agile” death march.
There’s a reason you feel that way. You’re using fake agility?—?a waterfall lifecycle masquerading as an agile approach. Worse, fake agility is the norm in our industry.
No one has to work that way.
Instead, you can assess your culture, project, and product risks to select a different approach. That will allow you to choose how to collaborate so you can iterate over features and when to deliver value. When you do, you are more likely to discover actual agility and an easier way to work.
The learning objectives of Johanna’s session on Tackling Fake Agility were:
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Questions &?Answers
During the Q&A part on Tackling Fake Agility, Johanna answered the following questions, among others:
Meet Johanna?Rothman
“People know me as the “Pragmatic Manager.” I offer frank advice?—?often with a little humor?—?for your tough problems. I help leaders and managers see and do reasonable things that work. Equipped with that knowledge, you can decide how to adapt your product development, always focusing on the business outcomes you need.
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My philosophy is that people want to do a good job. They don’t always know what they are supposed to do, nor how to do it.”
Connect with Johanna?Rothman
Johanna Rothman on Twitter (My profile is still there, but I do not interact on that platform.)
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