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A practical team structure to foster cross team delivery in multi-team products

 
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After coming across the same situation a few times, I decided it’s time to write about an approach to software delivery team structure that we have used with great success at a major government organisation around 2018-2021. Since then I have worked with three other organisations that seem to suffer from the very same problem - they find it difficult or slow to execute delivery of features or product increments where there are multiple teams involved in the end to end implementation.

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Why Agile Coaching Has Developed a Bad Reputation in Recent Years

 
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Agile coaching emerged as a key role during the rise of Agile methodologies in the early 2000s. Initially, Agile was intended to transform the way software development was managed, focusing on flexibility, team collaboration, and customer-centric approaches. 

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The importance of knowing your workflow steps

 
I recently had a conversation with a team I was helping with their workflow. Upon explaining the need to define policies for when work begins and ends, and policies for when it transitions between different stages I was asked why they would ever need more stages than simply [To Do] -> [In Progress] -> [Done]

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Portfolio Kanban signals in Jira

 
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If you know something about Kanban and perhaps a little bit about Portfolio Kanban, you may be aware of the need to know and display two signals for your epics that will help you manage your flow of work better.


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What does it mean to be a kanban consultant

 
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When I introduce myself as a kanban consultant I sometimes get a puzzled look back. So here are some thoughts on the subject.
Kanban coaching consultants (or just kanban consultant) play a vital role in helping organisations adopt and implement the Kanban Method effectively.

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How to Fill in your Lean Canvas (part 2)

 
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This is the second part of my posts on filling in the Lean canvas. If you’ve come across this article first, you should take a look at part 1 to begin with. Lean Canvas is a one-page business model template that helps startups decompose their business model quickly. It is part of Ash Maurya’s Continuous Innovation Framework and while on the surface it looks simple, filling it in can be tricky and can lead you in the wrong direction.

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How to Fill in your Lean Canvas (part 1)

 
Lean canvas is a one-page business model template that helps entrepreneurs, intra-prenuers and startups begin decomposing their business model quickly and efficiently. It is a visual tool that forces you to think through the key elements of your business model, such as your target market, value proposition, and revenue model. It can fully replace a 30 page business plan in helping you answer the most important questions for your business model. The Lean canvas is part of Ash Maurya’s Continuous Innovation Framework which constitutes an essential building block to our method for starting and growing your business.
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How we helped a busy Admin team in Somerset.

 
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The team were already using a kanban board/system. They were not sure how to measure productivity. People were leaving the team often. They were considering a new tool $$$ that promised to solve the issues.


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What exactly is Kanban for Software development?

 
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When a team or organisation have never come across Kanban for knowledge work, it is necessary to take a step back and explain the method and the benefits in simple words. This isn’t always easy!

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Agile Software Delivery introduction

 
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It happens in our practice to come across teams and individuals who have never experienced the benefits of using a certain method or practice to achieve an improvement of some sort. In this case we are going to explore using Agile Software Delivery.

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How to calculate work item age in Jira (without add-ons)

 
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Calculating work item age is an essential part of running and optimising a workflow using Kanban practices. Contrary to popular belief you can benefit from Kanban measures and workflow optimisation regardless of what other processes you may have implemented (e.g. Scrum or DSDM or even a scaling framework). For the purpose of this article I would assume that you understand the ideas of Kanban for knowledge work and that you will know why tracking work item age is essential.. 

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The rule of three concerns

 
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Do I start my day with a coffee or just a large glass of water? Should I stick to black coffee or go for a flat-white? I love flat-white but who needs the milk, right? You can easily imagine your life as a series of decisions that you have to make all day, every day. Even when it doesn’t seem like it....

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Why does your team exist?

 
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It is well accepted that motivated teams produce the best results. The question then is, how do you motivate your team. Traditionally, businesses have used monetary rewards which can be very effective in the short term but may cause damage in the long run and become less effective. 

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The Team Interaction Protocol

 
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Every organisation that wants to run an effective business will undoubtedly aim to structure their teams so that they are capable of working effectively and making a positive difference. As consultants we have to at least assume that to be the case...

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The mystery of the “best” delivery leads

 
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It’s 2022 and by now most people working in Software Development will be familiar with the role of a Software Delivery Lead. And while you will have often come across some ...

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