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By Darian Rashid In Agile Leadership, Agile Roles and Responsibilities, Experimentation, Project Risk Mitigation, ScrumMaster Posted December 5, 2016 0 Comments

Experimentation is the key to learning and continuous learning is the core of Agile and iterative methods. A wise man once told me that we know the least about our product and the optimum process to build that product when we first start. I could never (or never wanted to) argue that point. When we […]

Empowerment Doesn’t Mean Anarchy

By Darian Rashid In Agile Leadership, Agile Roles and Responsibilities, Culture, Process, Soapbox Posted July 19, 2015 0 Comments

One of the most misinterpreted and misapplied terms in our Industry is the term ‘empowered’. I hear it used over and over from organizations that are new to Agile concepts and have usually know just enough to be dangerous – and dangerous they become. Although I’ve seen this term misapplied in many different roles, it […]

Transforming a Traditional Manager Into an Agile Manager

By Darian Rashid In Agile Leadership, Agile Roles and Responsibilities, Culture, Experimentation, Organizational Structure, Process, ScrumMaster, Soapbox, Vertical Slicing Posted April 20, 2015 0 Comments

Many pundits preach that the agile organization will not have managers – that teams will self-manage and can carry out all responsibilities of traditional functional management. This includes HR responsibilities, major conflict disputes, etc. “The team is self-managing, which includes all management responsibilities,” or so I keep hearing. Call me a heretic, but I’ve never […]

ScrumMasters are Change Agents

By Darian Rashid In Agile Roles and Responsibilities, Organizational Structure, Process, ScrumMaster Posted March 20, 2015 0 Comments

Anyone who knows me knows that I love ScrumMasters. My family had to get used to the idea of being second in line, but they’ll get over it. Why the love affair? Simple. They are the organization’s change agents! Their #1 role is to continuously create positive changes. (FYI, if you thought that the role […]

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