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Wasting Time!
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The AI Buzz: Is Agile dying?
AI is rapidly transforming various sectors, prompting discussions, especially at India’s first Global AI Summit. As Agile practitioners face changes due to AI automating mundane tasks, they need to rethink practices beyond traditional frameworks. The core values of Agile remain relevant, emphasizing creativity and human interaction, while exploring new innovations.
What work do you do the whole day?
Recently during on of my CSM classes, one of my participants mentioned this. They were asked this by their manager in their annual performance review …
It’s good to be bored
Yes, you read it right. I am asking you to be bored. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it! But.. if you feel stressed out, burnt out, running …
The Agile Education Manifesto
We are discovering better ways to help students at all levels gain knowledge and learn new skills and topics and through this research and observation, …
Agile Vendor Management Manifesto
The Objective of this Manifesto is to define guiding principles around the Customer-Supplier working environment with regards to working on Scrum projects. The assumptions made …
Did you keep your currency?
Well, not the Greenback or Gandhiji kind I mean here. I more talk about what the aviation industry uses this term for.. ‘Recentness of experience’ …
Father of the Bride: Essentials of the Product Owner’s role
Product Owner’s role is one of the primary roles on the Scrum but as it is with most of the Scrum practices and Agile principles …
Be who you are – Essentials of a ScrumMaster’s role
A ScrumMaster is a lot of things – Mentor, Guide, Buddy, Coach, Shoulder to cry upon, Teacher, Specialist and many more .. But, if we …
Is ‘Agile’ a substitute for your messy culture?
800 teams , more than 100 organizations that I have coached to build an Agile culture and practices, but a peculiar thing that I have …
The various hats of a Scrum Master
Process Champion, Facilitator, Buddy, Coach, Mentor, Ear to listen to, Shoulder to cry upon, The friend you can confess with, The non-judgmental listening box, the …
Handovers are costly, but do we learn our lessons?
With the arrest of Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh, the famed Singh brothers of Ranbaxy, the all too familiar story in the Indian conglomerates is …
Corner room Churn: Burnout on the Hamster wheel!
The pressure is growing… The results are frustrating… Stakeholder expectations are mounting… Easy way out… Quit ! As per a data collected from nseinfobase.com and analysed by …
Certified ScrumMaster/ Certified Agile Coach – an achievement or a beginning ?
In Japan, the April – May season is synonymous with the beautiful beginning of Spring. The Sakura flowers cover the ground, trees and just about …
So,What is Agile Really?
So, you have been confused, what to call Agile ? Is it a process, a framework, a methodology or may be something beyond all of …