Abbas Dhanani

I have a problem.  It’s quite serious and it affects me everyday.  I can’t seem to watch a TV programme without trying to find some (usually tenuous) way to connect it to product delivery and Agile.   It’s an illness; I can’t stop.   I’m not just ruining my own life, it’s spreading to my loved ones.   My wife recently yelled at a team on Australian MasterChef: “Why don’t they test one fully made burger first? That’s Agile!” (*I guess this means she can’t leave me now) I don’t know if you’ve...

Jira, love it or hate it? Either way, for a lot of organisations it’s necessary; it’s the main tool that development teams use to (1) track their work and for (2) stakeholders to understand whether the company is delivering the right value. If your company is doing both of those things, in a way that’s not burdensome to the teams  - and - in a way that is both simple for stakeholders, then you don’t need to read this article. Rate yourself using the Jira20  below and see what your total score...

Turns out guacamole is the answer. I’m not entirely sure what the question is (on a side note, I just found out there is a new Douglas Adams book called 42 that comprises a treasure trove of his unreleased personal stash of notebooks, letters and scripts) Anyhoo, Time is an illusion; lunchtime doubly so, so let’s move on. If guacamole is the answer, the question is, obviously, “why - in Agile - do we only improve only one thing at a time. Take Scrum retrospectives, for instance. They...