Agility and Adaptability
One of the components of agile mindset is adaptability. In the same manner “responding to change” is one of the four key items in the famous Agile Manifesto. When we were presented with few agile opportunities we simply had to act. As a result, there will be some changes regarding this agile blog.
Continue readingAgile Pragmatism
Without pragmatism there can be no agile mindset. In fact, the whole agile movement is also a pragmatic movement. It started that way and if it will ever lose its nature, it will fail. But let’s start, as always, with the definition.
Continue readingSustainable Pace
We love doing things fast. Fast food, fast cars, crash diets, overnight successes, winning a lottery, etc. No one considers limits of human mind. You can’t win a marathon in the same way you win a sprint. You need sustainable pace, both in life and at work.
Continue readingPlay To Win, Don’t Just Avoid Losing
Playing it safe is a plague that goes directly against agile mindset and everything we do believe here at Agile Protein. Instead of taking things slow and being careful not to lose, play to win. At the same time, it would be wise to avoid harming yourself in the process.
Continue readingWillpower Is Not Infinite
One thing that you absolutely have to realize in order to adopt the Agile Mindset is to realize that willpower is not infinite. That’s very sad realization but on the other hand it gives you a way to improve your life the agile way.
Continue readingVelocity And Overtime In Scrum
Velocity is the most abused Scrum metric out there. When it’s abused, many things fall apart. That lack of sustainable pace and permanent overtime in Scrum are the usual symptoms. So should we even measure the Velocity?
Continue readingIterative Software Development
Iterative software development is almost synonymous to agile work. Let’s face it – is there any other strategy to tackle big issues other than good old “divide and conquer”?
Continue readingNot Only Planning Poker
The most common agile way of estimating the relative size of tasks at hand is the Planning Poker. Some even think of it as the only or best way. There are also people who think that Planning Poker is a part of Scrum or some other agile framework. Is it?
Continue readingAgile Mindset
We love writing about, talking about and discussing agile mindset. There’s no wonder that one of the first texts translated to English (and expanded) is about our own agile mindset.
Continue readingMotivation or “why they do it?!”
Have you ever wondered why they do it? Whatever “it” is? What’s their motivation? Sometimes it seems stupid, sometimes they are clearly hurting themselves or making gigantic mistakes. Or at least it seems that way. But we can safely assume that no one in their right state of mind is doing anything to harm themselves.
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