by Maxim | Jan 21, 2023 | Leadership, Theory of Agile, Workplace
As we now know, the management style that many of us refer to as “traditional” was never something that subordinates have particularly enjoyed. And in 1970 when Robert K. Greenleaf published his famous essay, “The Servant as Leader”, it was a rather radical protest...
by Maxim | Dec 10, 2022 | Agile in practice, Theory of Agile
Cross-functional teams are composed of individuals with different skills and expertise, allowing for a more diverse range of perspectives and approaches to problem-solving. This diversity of perspectives can help the team to come up with innovative solutions and avoid...
by Maxim | Nov 16, 2022 | Leadership, Workplace
As unfortunate as it gets, despite all the years of practicing scrum, number of training sessions and variety of coaches leading product ownership workshops, some of the organizations seem to not be able to easily embrace this seemingly simple concept. The “Product...
by Maxim | Sep 17, 2022 | Theory of Agile
Many of the problems that companies experience along the way of enhancing the capabilities of their products come from an unbendable reluctance to view them as products. A project management doctrine has engraved itself deeply into the core organizational practices....
by Maxim | May 5, 2020 | Scrum, Theory of Agile
One of the big questions you may have as you’re organizing a new scrum team is, “How do we use JIRA?” and in particular, “how do we organize the JIRA board?”. Well, let me use the standard answer a consultant would chime in with...
