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…there are no pre-conditions to performance, especially as a manager !
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Dude, where’s my customer?
Why is your agile still a lot like dogma on steroids?
Does the internet know you?
Is your plan just a placebo?
Why user stories make sense?
How do design and build an organization for success?
What Emerging Markets Customers Really Want from the Internet: An Indian Perspective
The Joys of Designing Agile Solutions for New-Age Problems
Does your process help you preserve status quo, or deliver some kick-ass skunk works?
So, does agile really kill innovation?
Tathagat Varma
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From my interactions with practitioners, the reality is that no one really cares about the 'pure agile' theory. Everyone is …
S M Kripanidhi:
That is so ture. What should we do to maintain the integrity of Agile as a philosophy so people …
Tathagat Varma
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Thanks Kripa (had been meaning to reply to you for over a month!). To me agile was supposed to be …
Tathagat Varma
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Alok - thanks for sharing your views, and wish you success in your journey...
Alok Singh
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I came across this post from one of the email discussions on the scrum development listserv. I'm also guilty of …
S M Kripanidhi:
So very well said, Tathagat. Ask someone who is talking about Agile as to what are they trying to accomplish …
Tathagat Varma
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Hi Kurt - this blog post is my take on the prevailing mindset that I am (steadily if not increasingly) …
In the News: 2013-08-18 | Klaus' Korner:
[…] Programming News: Why is your agile still a lot like dogma on steroids? I still continue to be amazed …
Kurt Häusler
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What specifically is this in response to? It could be you have a legitimate complaint about genuine dogma, but without …
Tathagat Varma
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@Aleem - that's right. Stories are powerful ways to share an organization's culture. Stories are also how civilizations all over …
Aleem Khan
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Even good management coaches rely on stories as best teaching method.
Tathagat Varma
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Thanks Nirmalya. I think we are all guilty in equally different ways, and irrespective of our respective chosen trajectories, we …
Nirmalya Sengupta:
Points well taken, and I am guilty of not doing enough for the Internet to know me. Reasons are a …
Tathagat Varma
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Dzone repulished this blog post at http://agile.dzone.com/articles/your-plan-just-placebo
Tathagat Varma
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DZone republished this blog post at http://www.dzone.com/articles/why-user-stories-make-sense
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