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Scrum Masters: Take Time Off To Think

Oct 03, 2020 by Barc Category: Agile, Career, Scrum 0 comments

There's more than what's in the two-day class to know.

Scrum Masters: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Oct 03, 2020 by Barc Category: Agile, Management, Scrum 0 comments Tags: scrum master

It bums me out a bit how much scrum masters tend to stick with one methodology – a methodology they learned, usually, at a two-day class. I’ve got nothing against the two-day scrum class. The basics are actually quite good. If used properly, those methodologies will reveal issues a team is having. But a scrum […]

OpEx and CapEx in Agile

Jun 18, 2019 by Barc Category: Agile, Agile Executive, Business, Business Agility 0 comments Tags: business agility, CapEx, Capital Expenses, Operational Expenses, OpEx

A few simple recommendations for managing OpEx and CapEx in Agile.

Working with Procurement in a more Agile way

May 11, 2019 by Barc Category: Agile, Agile Executive, Contracts 0 comments Tags: procurement, sprint zero

A few tips on making Procurement part of your Sprint Zero Team

Setting Expectations for Vendor Resources

Apr 27, 2019 by Barc Category: Agile, Agile Executive, Business Agility, Management, People Management, Scrum 0 comments Tags: Time and Materials Contracts, Vendor Expectations

A few tips to make sure you get the right resources from your vendor for Time & Materials contracts.

The Agile Time and Materials Contract

Apr 15, 2019 by Barc Category: Agile, Contracts, Management 0 comments Tags: Agile contracts, business agility, time and materials

How to make your Time and Materials (T&M) contracts with your vendors a little bit more Agile.

Business Agility: The Master Services Agreement

Mar 31, 2019 by Barc Category: Agile, Agile Executive, Business Agility, Management 0 comments Tags: business agility, contracting

The first in a series discussing ways to help your entire organization deliver value a little faster.

Old Rules, New Behaviors

Dec 27, 2018 by Barc Category: Agile, Agile Executive, Business, Management 0 comments Tags: CapEx, Finance, GAAP, OpEx

Sometimes old rules help promote new behaviors.

Consultants Bore Quickly

Oct 08, 2018 by Barc Category: Agile, Change Managment, Management 0 comments Tags: Frameworks, Methodologies

t’s not that hard to figure out when you are working with a consultant who already has a preconceived model he or she thinks will solve your problems. Today in the software delivery world, it’s bound to involve agile, kanban, or design thinking. Not that any well researched and tested methodology or framework is bad, […]

Inside the Bubble

Dec 12, 2016 by Barc Category: Agile, Agile Executive, Business 0 comments

We’re all pretty much living in ‘The Bubble.’ Like the recent SNL skit called it, we’ve designed “a planned community of like-minded free thinkers, and no one else” for ourselves. We hang out with friends who agree with us (the definition of a friend), block cranky commenters (and bad grammarians), and unfollow (but stay friends) […]

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