Long Live Agile Evernote
We have an admission to make. We are self-confessed devotees to the Evernote application, so it was good to read on the BBC website a profile of its boss Phil Libin. Evernote suits the...
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The Agony of Government Procurement
An interesting tale on the BBC’s Today programme last week as an SME described the agony of being part of the Government’s procurement programme, something which no-one can describe as being Agile whatsoever. Ironically...
Targeting Your Investment in Agile
I recently had the great privilege of attending a two-day Product Owners’ Survival Camp in London, organized by Gojko Adjic, Dave Evans, Christian Hassa and Chris Matts. Over lunch on the first day I...
Agile Dishwasher Etiquette
Halfway through one of Storm’s Agile scrums and a discussion develops on dishwasher etiquette. It arose because one of the team’s children introduced a new house rule about the dishwasher. The 9 year old...
Stand by Your Agile Beds
Oh dear, another day, another Government IT fiasco. Perhaps some members of the Government would benefit from our Agile training courses (tongue firmly in cheek)! There is always a sense of déjà vu when...
Have An Agile 2014
Looking forward at the start of the year is always a tricky thing to do and 2014 will see the inevitable march towards increased certification within the Agile sector (whether we agree, or not),...
Has Agile Hit A Glass Ceiling?
Has the implementation of Agile within the software and IT sector hit a glass ceiling? This could be one of the conclusions from a new, in-depth academic Agile study conducted by a team at...
Agile Process Improvement and the ‘Methodology’ Behind It!
We focus on Agile process improvement, but one of the Storm consultants came up with a very interesting point about one of our other well used phrases: methodology. Now, Russ Lewis, the leader of...
