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Some people think Agile’s concept of self-organising teams allows team members to do whatever they want in the belief they’ll eventually self-organise into an effective group. But this would be a misapprehension. This was also my first reaction to being assigned to a self-organising team – perhaps I could come into work at 3am, leave around lunchtime or write all…

Innovation within a large organisation is always a challenge. While ideas are often easy to come by, getting organisational traction and delivering an innovative product to end-users can be quite a battle. One way companies can innovate is by encouraging an entrepreneurial mindset, or what I like to call “fostering the intrapreneur.” As guide and coach for teams that create,…

I recently embarked on a personal venture with a few fellow entrepreneurs to start developing consumer-focused applications We knew that we wanted to create something fun and engaging that would be used by a lot of people and were looking for a quick approach to develop and test our idea with real customers before sinking too much of our time…

It’s been a while since I blogged about writing Acceptance Criteria using Behaviour Driven Development, specifically Gherkin 1, 2 (read my previous blogs: A practical blog on how to write Scenarios using BDD and Requirement Pitfalls with BDD). However, after using BDD to document our Acceptance Criteria with a new client, I thought it was time I revisited the subject to see if I’d learned anything new. 

Two of the major frameworks gaining traction to enable organisations to scale agile practices across the enterprise are the Scaled Agile Framework (for enterprise) (SAFe) and Large Scale Scrum (LeSS). There are many similarities between the frameworks, with their core principles derived from Agile, Scrum and Lean, but they differ in some fundamental areas.  After completing the Large Scale Scrum…

As a business analyst, I’m regularly asked what it is that I do. Often I’ll need to take a moment to articulate my job and my explanation always manages to sound a little ambiguous. 

If you’re a business analyst like me, I’m sure you’ve also been faced with the same question at a dinner, BBQ or corporate event. The problem is, guidebooks rarely provide a clear answer – and good luck trying to find a consistent explanation on Google!