I've started working on my next book, When Agile Gets Physical: How to Adapt Agile Principles to Accelerate Hardware Development, with my long-time colleague, Kathy Iberle. Today, the information available is mostly written by Agile software experts — and it shows.…
Most Agile software methods operate under the key assumption that resources (software developers and testers) are interchangeable, just as user stories are independent of each other. This is one area where Agile software experts run into real trouble when they…
An Agile Software Development team works iteratively — they write some code or make a UI design model, get fast feedback on it, improve it and add to it. Some people claim that 3D printing and other rapid prototyping methods…
In 2014, Sonion embarked on a journey to accelerate the pace of innovation. Sonion makes tiny microphones, speakers and other components for hearing health and professional audio. The company’s product development cycles are tied to their customers’ development cycles and…
Agile software experts tend to describe phase gate processes as obsolete or inherently "waterfall" and therefore evil — but this is more a reflection of how poorly the Agile coach understands the nature of product development outside of software. In…
In this series so far, I’ve discussed the principles of Agile, and how they express fundamental truths about good process management that apply broadly: cut batch sizes, work in a cadence, focus on delivering value early, strive for technical excellence.…
I've started working on my next book, When Agile Gets Physical: How to Adapt Agile Principles to Accelerate Hardware Development, with my long-time colleague, Kathy Iberle. Today, the information available is mostly written by Agile software experts — and it shows.…
In this video presentation about Agile for Hardware, Katherine Radeka and Kathy Iberle share their experiences with using Agile principles to improve the flow of work for physical products. Along the way, they’ve learned that the principles of Agile are…
At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly. — Agile Principle #12 This is the final Agile principle and, on the surface, it wraps up the principles in a…
The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams. — Agile Principle #11 Of the 12 Principles behind the Agile Manifesto, this is the one with the smallest levels of adoption even among Agile Software Development teams, and the…