Adding a new team member can be a challenge for both the individual and the team. A new person can shake up a team’s culture, and a team’s culture may force the new member to adapt and change. Sometimes it goes well. Sometimes it doesn’t. For things to go smoothly, everyone needs to play their […]

This is the second in a two-part series about adjusting Agile practices for larger teams. In Part 1 of this mini-series, we took a look at how individuals and interactions impact Agile practices. In Part 2, I’ll share what we’ve seen in the other areas. Confession: Most of these points still come down to individuals […]

Our project teams usually fit into most people’s definition of a small team, even if you include key players from our client in the count. As a result, many of our default Agile practices are best suited to that smaller team size and need a few adaptations as team size grows. On a recent project […]

When companies make technological changes to keep pace with their industry, they inevitably have to make culture and process changes, too. And those are often significantly more difficult. I was struck recently by similarities between modern corporate culture changes and those described by Dan Carlin in one episode of his Hardcore History podcast.