AI Transformations Will Change Your Role
In 2026, large organizations will transform due to AI and blur the lines between roles still considered distinct today.
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Lean & Kanban
Dealing With Estimation Variability
A common question our clients ask is: our estimations are not precise enough, what should we do? Alex responds in this video.
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Iterations Vs. Rework
Aren’t iterations just rework? They are, if you think in a paradigm that optimizes for production. They aren’t, if your paradigm is to optimize for learning. Alex discusses the interplay between these two, where iterations fit, and how you can iterate in more creative ways.
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Predicting with Cycle Time
Estimation in software development is challenging, but there’s no other way. Or is there? In this explainer, we look at methods that use past data – cycle time and cycle time distribution – to predict future outcome. These methods can be tested in parallel with your current way of estimating, until you feel confident that
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Scrum Vs Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP)
An overview of how Kanban and XP can work together compared to Scrum
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Theory of Constraints in Practice
Software development organizations working in silos are often facing the situation of bottlenecks appearing on the delivery chain. The typical management reaction is to optimize locally, thus putting more pressure on the bottleneck while failing to improve the whole chain. Theory of Constraints is a way for managers to remove bottlenecks while improving the whole
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Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Mobile, DevOps, Software craft and more
The 5th edition of I T.A.K.E Unconference, the only technology agnostic event in Central and Eastern Europe, is taking place in Bucharest, Romania, 11-12 May. With a line-up of more than 30 international speakers, 6 keynotes, 6 parallel tracks, a technical Open Space and many opportunities for coding, the event brings together top-notch software crafters who lead the change in
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Do We Need Architecture when Doing Agile or Lean?
Let’s say you start an agile project. You identify the requirements, write them down as user stories, define your releases, setup the infrastructure. Are you ready to start sprinting? Before we can answer, let’s try adding in more context. I see two different situations: 1. You have one team that will build an application starting
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How to reduce waste – a supermarket model
A supermarket is a large form of the traditional grocery store, a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food and household products, organized into aisles. The good thing about it is that I find a large variety of products. Supermarkets don’t look like an interesting organization; I was surprised to find out that they were the basis of one of the prevalent
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Change Management 3.0
(Guest blog post by Jurgen Appelo, originally appeared on his blog. Republished with permission.) No matter how big the CEO’s desk is, an organization is not a hierarchy. It is a social network. People interact with each other across all levels. And even though delivering a software product is quite different from handing over the butter at the
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