It is a silo problem When we structure our teams based on roles not skills we strike a bunch of...
Big Book of WOW Articles
Concept of Prioritisation
Multitasking is the problem, we should focus on one thing at a time Data teams should only work on...
Core Prioritisation Patterns
Eisenhower Matrix The Eisenhower Matrix, also known as the Urgency-Importance Matrix, is a simple...
Agile Mindset
It’s a problem of what we have been taught, what we have learnt and how we think When my generation went to school we were taught based on a mindset aligned with the industrial revolution. We were taught based on...
Leadership
The problem is how we have been trained to behave The problem is we have been trained to manage the work to be done, not lead the team doing the work. The adoption of an AgileData Way of Working results in a change in...
The challenge of being an agile data leader
As a data leader who decides to empower a team by introducing an agile data way of working (WoW) , there is a massive set of challenges in that simple action. You are empowering a team to work in a very different way,...
Agile Ways of Working are hard, moonlighting teams members make it harder
One of the hardest things to do in agile is to deliver using part time team members where delivering as part of the team is not the team members only day job. Moonlighting Scrum Coach or Product Owner If you are...
Adding members to the Agile Team makes you slower
Velocity When helping a data and analytics team adopt a new AgileData Way of Working, it takes a while to achieve what is referred to as consistent velocity. Velocity is a metric which is used to measure the amount of...
The Agile Team member should know what they are working on and why
Feel the Buzz One of the things I love about working with a team who are delivering using an Agile Data way of working is the buzz that happens when they are doing it well. There is the buzz as you sit at a Prove It...
Project Managers who have done standups
The problem is there is more to Scrum than just standups We often see a Project Manager joining the AgileData team as a Scrum Coach because they have “done standups” before. Unfortunately, lots of organisations seem to...
Agile Benefits
The need for benefit statements An AgileData Way of Working provides a number of benefits to both the team who are working that way and to the stakeholders who receive the Information Products the teams deliver....
Frequently Asked Team Questions
Won’t team members over inflate their T-Skills? No. In our experience most people underplay their level of skills more often than they will over inflate them. The team dynamic has the positive effect of self...