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Agile is Not for Everyone

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Johanna Rothman

Someone asked me again about self-assessments for their agile transition. That got me thinking about this problem of transitioning to agile. I don’t believe agile is for everyone in every circumstance. Some people claim agile has “crossed the chasm.” Certainly, … Continue reading →

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Influence and Authority Slides Posted

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Johanna Rothman

I delivered a keynote about influence and authority last week at Better Software/Agile Development Practices. I have also uploaded them to slideshare. For those of you who were not at the conference, I told a story about transitioning to agile … Continue reading →

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Agile is Not a Silver Bullet

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Johanna Rothman

Agile and lean approaches, with either short timeboxes or explicit limiting work in progress and a focus on transparency works for many organizations. In the past few weeks, I’ve received a number of inquiries from all sizes of organizations asking … Continue reading →

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