Archive for 'Agile'

Leadership coaching for agile managers & executives

Posted on 29. Jun, 2010 by Michael Spayd.

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Michael is excited to be starting a  leadership coaching group for managers & executives engaged in Agile transformations. From the beginning of his Agile career, Michael has worked extensively with management and their unique perspective on the world of self-organized teams and the necessary changes to management assumptions that accompany an Agile transition. Managers making [...]

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Agile and Culture: Let the research begin

Posted on 11. May, 2010 by Michael Spayd.

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I have long been a student of organizational culture, and for the past six years or so, particularly focused on the impact of culture on implementing Agile in large organizations. The center of my cultural approach is the typology developed by my colleague Bill Schneider, http://www.cdg-corp.com/products.html.
I have long taken the position that Agile teams seek to [...]

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Coaching Circles, Mentor Groups & Masterminds

Posted on 18. Apr, 2010 by Michael Spayd.

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A colleague of mine, Bachan Anand, kindly recorded a brief interview with me about coaching circles. It is available on YouTube. Bachan and I have been working to start an Agile coach mentor group and after a few false starts, finally succeeded!
The backstory here is my exploration of different ideas relating to coaching circles, mentor [...]

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The Tao of Scrum (complete)

Posted on 08. Apr, 2010 by Michael Spayd.

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Following was inspired by the Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing). I was preparing to teach a new Agile team and wanted a simple version of the rules of Scrum. I started with the Scrum Guide, which I distilled down into 15 basic rules and 53 sub-rules. The basic rules, in this Taoist-like format, are [...]

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PMO in a New Key

Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by Michael Spayd.

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The title of a book I read in college has always stuck with me: Philosophy in a New Key. It marked the beginning of a new conversation about how philosophy was done. I am intending something similar with a new whitepaper about PMOs in the Agile age.
My attempt to frame a new discussion about PMOs [...]

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Tao of Scrum (II)

Posted on 31. Jan, 2010 by Michael Spayd.

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This is the second of three posts, inspired by the Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing). The basic rules, in this Taoist-like format, are a kind of Ri (expert or master) version of Scrum. In this post are the second five rules, defining the events or ceremonies of Scrum.
The Tao of Events
Release Planning defines what [...]

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