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Leadership and inspiration momentum: The gap in Agile transformations

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Mik Q

Over the last 16 years in the software industry, I have been involved in a number of Agile cultural transformations.  It was at lunch the other day during a conversation that I articulated an aspect of those transformations that is as … Continue reading →

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Unnecessary complexity

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Mik Q

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.” – Einstein Software development is hard.  That’s a fact. … Continue reading →

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The Pragmatic Manifesto

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Mik Q

I really like the Agile Manifesto. Although old, it has some basic tenets that organisations still fail to follow. Interesting to see the Reactive Manifesto too. I’d like to propose The Pragmatic Manifesto. Normally software development is about making the … Continue reading →

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